Hydraulic fracturing initiation in granite

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1279-1284

  Zhao, Z ^a   Kim, H ^a   Haimson, B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PRESSURIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS;

CRITICAL PRESSURES; FAR-FIELD STRESS; FRACTURE INITIATION PRESSURES; FRACTURE MECHANICS ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HORIZONTAL STRESS; SITU HORIZONTAL STRESS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

EID: 85054902956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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