Controls on in-situ stresses around salt bodies

44th US Rock Mechanics Symposium - 5th US/Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sanz, P F ^a   Dasari, G R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTION; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DEVIATORIC STRESS; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FAR-FIELD STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; INSITU STRESS; MAJOR FACTORS; MOHR-COULOMB; SURROUNDING MATERIALS; VISCO-ELASTIC;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESSES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 78751559022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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