Estimation of Minimum Principal Stress from an Extended Leak-off Test Onboard the Chikyu Drilling Vessel and Suggestions for Future Test Procedures

To understand the physics of faulting and rupture propagation for the great M8-class Nankai earthquakes that recur approximately every 100 years, a comprehensive drilling project is underway: the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE; Tobin and Kinoshita, 2007), which is part of the...

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Main Authors: Hideki Masago, Hisao Ito, Koji Yamamoto, Weiren Lin, Yoshihisa Kawamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-07-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
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Online Access:http://www.iodp.org/images/stories/downloads/sd6_08.pdf#page=43