Stress inversion using slip tendency

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-46

  McFarland, John M ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Slip tendency; Stress inversion; Stress tensor; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

CANYON LAKE; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DATA SETS; EARTH'S CRUST; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INSITU STRESS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SLIP BEHAVIOR; SLIP TENDENCY; SLIP VECTORS; STRESS INVERSION; STRESS TENSOR; STRESS TENSORS;

GAS INDUSTRY; HYDROCARBONS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TENSORS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IN SITU STRESS; SLIP RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMAL COUNTY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857924001     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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