Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin
The present-day maximum horizontal stress orientation in the Molasse Basin is broadly perpendicular to the strike of the Alpine front, indicating that the stress pattern is probably controlled by gravitational potential energy of Alpine topography rather than by plate boundary forces. The present-da...
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| author | Reinecker, J. Tingay, Mark Müller, B. Heidbach, O. |
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| description | The present-day maximum horizontal stress orientation in the Molasse Basin is broadly perpendicular to the strike of the Alpine front, indicating that the stress pattern is probably controlled by gravitational potential energy of Alpine topography rather than by plate boundary forces. The present-day maximum horizontal stress orientations determined herein have important implications for the production of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy in the German Molasse Basin, in particular that hydraulically-induced fractures are likely to propagate N–S and that wells deviated to the north or south may have reduced wellbore instability problems. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-219992019-02-19T04:26:12Z Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin Reinecker, J. Tingay, Mark Müller, B. Heidbach, O. The present-day maximum horizontal stress orientation in the Molasse Basin is broadly perpendicular to the strike of the Alpine front, indicating that the stress pattern is probably controlled by gravitational potential energy of Alpine topography rather than by plate boundary forces. The present-day maximum horizontal stress orientations determined herein have important implications for the production of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy in the German Molasse Basin, in particular that hydraulically-induced fractures are likely to propagate N–S and that wells deviated to the north or south may have reduced wellbore instability problems. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21999 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.021 Elsevier Science BV fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Reinecker, J. Tingay, Mark Müller, B. Heidbach, O. Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title | Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title_full | Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title_fullStr | Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title_short | Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin |
| title_sort | present-day stress orientation in the molasse basin |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21999 |