On the boundary between seismic layers 2 and 3: A stress change?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 195-202

  Pezard, Philippe A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CRACKS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INFILL DRILLING; LEVEES; LITHOLOGY; POROSITY;

CONSTANT POROSITIES; DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS; FLUID-ROCK INTERACTION; HORIZONTAL STRESS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; METAMORPHIC GRADE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; SHEETED DIKE COMPLEX;

SEISMOLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CORE LOGGING; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; DIKE; FRACTURE FLOW; GABBRO; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; POROSITY; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 77957295972     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.195     Document Type: Article

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