Mechanical characterization of slope sediments: Constraints on in situ stress and pore pressure near the tip of the megasplay fault in the Nankai accretionary complex

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Song, Insun ^a,b   Saffer, Demian M ^a   Flemings, Peter B ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BOREHOLES; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEFORMATION; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; CONSOLIDATION TESTS; DEFORMATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAULT ZONE; FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; IN-SITU; INSITU STRESS; ISOTROPIC CONSOLIDATION; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL TESTS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SHEAR BEHAVIOR; SLOPE SEDIMENT; STRESS TENSORS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THRUST FAULTS; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION; UNDRAINED; VERTICAL STRESS; WELLBORE;

STRESSES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; HANGING WALL; HYDROSTATICS; IN SITU STRESS; MUDSTONE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTATION; THRUST FAULT; WALL ROCK;

JAPAN;

EID: 80052318076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003556     Document Type: Article

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