| Abstract: | Plane-strain solutions are used to analyze the influence of topography on the state of stress at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. The results are in good agreement with the measured stress components obtained in drill holes by the hydraulic-fracturing technique, particularly those measured directly beneath the crest of the ridge, and indicate that these stresses are gravitationally induced. A separate analysis takes advantage of the fact that a well-developed set of vertical faults and fractures, subparallel to the ridge trend, imparts a vertical transverse isotropy to the rock and that, as a consequence of gravitational loading, unequal horizontal stresses are induced in directions perpendicular and parallel to the anisotropy. |
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| ProdID: | 70013146 |
| Citation Author: | Wolfs, Henri; Savage, William, Z. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Proceedings - Symposium on Rock Mechanics |
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| Citation Publisher: | A. A. Balkema |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | TOPOGRAPHY, STRESSES, AND STABILITY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA.; 1985; Conference Paper; Proceedings - Symposium on Rock Mechanics; Wolfs, Henri; Savage, William, Z. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1121 |
| Citation Volume: | 2 |
| Citation Year: | 1985 |
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| Text: | TOPOGRAPHY, STRESSES, AND STABILITY AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA.; 1985; Conference Paper; Proceedings - Symposium on Rock Mechanics; Wolfs, Henri; Savage, William, Z. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 1985 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | A. A. Balkema |
