Alteration of regional stress by reservoirs and other in homogeneities: Stabilizing or destabilizing?

9th ISRM Congress

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1629-1637

  Rudnicki, J W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS;

FAR FIELD; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOCAL STRAINS; MEAN STRESS; RESERVOIR STRESS; STRESS PATHS; SURROUNDING MATERIALS; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 85054144963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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