The hydrofracturing stress measuring method and recent field results

The Elastic Coefficients of the Theory of Consolidation

M. A. Biot, D. G. Willis · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1957 · 2K citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Dynamics +16

Widths of Hydraulic Fractures

T.K. Perkins, L.R. Kern · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 1961 · 1.4K citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

Initiation and Extension of Hydraulic Fractures in Rocks

B.C. Haimson, C. Fairhurst · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 1967 · 734 citations

Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geological Engineering +17

Contemporary Compressive Stress and Seismicity in Eastern North America: An Example of Intra-Plate Tectonics

Marc L. Sbar, Lynn R. Sykes · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1973 · 294 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +13

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

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Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geology +16