Evidence for non-Andersonian faulting above evaporites in the Nile Delta

This study examines present-day stress orientations from borehole breakout and drilling-induced fractures in 57 boreholes in the Nile Delta. A total of 588 breakouts and 68 drilling-induced fractures from 50 wells reveal sharply contrasting present-day maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) orientations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tingay, Mark, Bentham, P., De Feyter, A., Kellner, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Geological Society Publishing House 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53103