Preliminary stress measurements in central California using the hydraulic fracturing technique

Mechanics Of Hydraulic Fracturing

M. King Hubbert, David G. Willis · Transactions of the AIME · 1957 · 2.1K citations

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Laboratory hydraulic fracturing experiments in intact and pre-fractured rock

Mark D. Zoback, F. Rummel, Reinhard Jung et al. · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1977 · 296 citations

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Hydraulic fracturing to determine the regional in situ stress field, Piceance Basin, Colorado

John Bredehoeft, Reinhard Wolff, W. Scott Keys et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1976 · 258 citations

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In-Situ Stress Determination At Great Depth By Means Of Hydraulic Fracturing

B.C. Haimson, C. Fairhurst · 1969 · 191 citations

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The determination of tectonic stresses through analysis of hydraulic well fracturing

Ralph O. Kehle · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1964 · 160 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology +12