Stress Field of the Earths Crust

• Main Authors: Zang, Arno. (Author), Stephansson, Ove. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Engineering geology.; Mechanics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8444-7

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 Earths 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:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Stress definition
• 3. Rock fracture criteria
• 4. Rock stress terminology
• 5. Earth stress models
• 6. Physics of stress measurements
• 7. Measuring crustal stress - Borehole methods
• 8. Measuring crustal stress - Core-based methods
• 9. Local stress data
• 10. Generic stress data
• 11. Global stress
• Stress references.