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Rock damage and failure
Contents
Stresses on Faults and Fractures
Subsections
Introduction
Mapping of faults and fractures
Orientation of planes with respect to the geographical coordinate system
Stereonets for plotting fault orientation
Faults in geological maps
Frictional strength of faults and fault types
Fault strength
Normal faults
Thrust and reverse faults
Strike-slip faults
Stress and faulting regimes
Ideal orientation of faults
Determination of normal and shear stresses on the fault plane
Mohr's circle method
Tensor method
Applications
Critically stressed fractures and permeability
Determination of horizontal stresses assuming limit equilibrium
Determination of stress regime and horizontal stress direction from fault orientation
Fault reactivation
