Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust

• Main Authors: Zang, Arno (Author), Stephansson, Ove (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Mechanics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This book about rock stress is suitable for students in geosciences and rock engineering, who need to broaden their horizons about the Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust. The book covers the topic so that geosciences students will be able to grasp the Cauchy Stress Principle without fear of matrix tr...

Table of Contents:

• Definition and Terminology
• Stress Definition
• Rock Fracture Criteria
• Rock Stress Terminology
• Crustal Stress Models
• Measuring Stress
• Physics of Stress Measurements
• Measuring Crustal Stress: Borehole Methods
• Measuring Crustal Stress: Core-Based Methods
• Interpreting Stress Data
• Local Stress Data
• Generic Stress Data
• Global Stress.