Failure modes of shales and their implications for natural and man-made fracture assemblages

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2391-2409

  Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; SHALE;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; MODE STRUCTURE; NATURAL FIELDS; PRESSURE SOLUTION; ROCK TYPES;

FRACTURE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; SHALE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84919347008     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/07311413112     Document Type: Article

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