Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3115s12h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 15, CiteID L15S12
Physics
Geophysics
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Exploration Geophysics: Downhole Methods, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Fracture And Flow, Seismology: Earthquake Dynamics And Mechanics, Structural Geology: Fractures And Faults, Tectonophysics: Stresses-Crust And Lithosphere
Scientific paper
Borehole breakouts and drilling-induced tensile fractures in the 2.2-km-deep SAFOD pilot hole at Parkfield, CA, indicate significant local variations in the direction of the maximum horizontal compressive stress, SHmax, but show a generalized increase in the angle between SHmax and the San Andreas Fault with depth. This angle ranges from a minimum of 25 +/- 10° at 1000-1150 m to a maximum of 69 +/- 14° at 2050-2200 m. The simultaneous occurrence of tensile fractures and borehole breakouts indicates a transitional strike-slip to reverse faulting stress regime with high horizontal differential stress, although there is considerable uncertainty in our estimates of horizontal stress magnitudes. If stress observations near the bottom of the pilot hole are representative of stresses acting at greater depth, then they are consistent with regional stress field indicators and an anomalously weak San Andreas Fault in an otherwise strong crust.
Hickman Stephen
Zoback Mark
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