Mark D. Zoback coauthored research using borehole breakouts to infer in-situ crustal stress. The orientation and shape of borehole-wall failure become informative through a mechanical model relating local stress concentration to the far-field stress.[ref]
Well bore breakouts and in situ stress by Mark D. Zoback and others. author list and the described study’s abstract or introductory account
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