Topographic stress and rock fracture: A two-dimensional numerical model for arbitrary topography and preliminary comparison with borehole observations

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 512-529

  Slim, Mirna ^a   Perron, J Taylor ^a   Martel, Stephen J ^b   Singha, Kamini ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Critical zone; Fracture; Susquehanna shale hills observatory; Topographic stress

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FLOORS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVATORIES; SHALE; SLOPE STABILITY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

ARBITRARY TOPOGRAPHY; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; CRITICAL ZONES; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; MOHR COULOMB CRITERION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

FRACTURE;

BOREHOLE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925361071     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3646     Document Type: Article

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