Publication Date:
2017-07-18
Description:
Extract Geomechanics investigates the origin, magnitude and deformational consequences of stresses in the crust. Perhaps the earliest description of geology and mechanics was from the sandbox experiments of Willis (1891), and many of the guiding principles were developed by Anderson (1951), Hubbert & Willis (1957), Jaeger & Cook (1979) and Engelder (1992), with input from engineering disciplines (e.g. Griffith 1921). Subsequently, geomechanics has grown such that it now constitutes an important subdiscipline within the geosciences, as witnessed by the increase in SPE papers with ‘geomechanics’ in their titles ( Addis 2017 ). In recent years, awareness of geomechanical processes has been heightened by societal debates on fracking, human-induced seismicity, natural geohazards and safety issues with respect to petroleum exploration drilling, carbon sequestration and radioactive waste disposal. ... This 250-word extract was created in the absence of an abstract.
Print ISSN:
0305-8719
Electronic ISSN:
2041-4927
Topics:
Geosciences
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