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In situ stress database of the greater Ruhr region (Germany) derived from hydrofracturing tests and borehole logs
Michal Kruszewski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Fraunhofer IEG, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geothermal Systems IEG, Am Hochschulcampus 1 IEG, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Institute of Geology, Mineralogy, and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Gerd Klee
Solexperts GmbH (former MeSy GmbH), Meesmannstraße 49, 44807 Bochum, Germany
Thomas Niederhuber
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geosciences Division of Technical Petrophysics
Campus Süd, Adenauerring 20b, Geb. 50.40, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Oliver Heidbach
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Technical University Berlin, Institute for Applied Geosciences, Ernst-Reuter Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany
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The authors assemble an in situ stress magnitude and orientation database based on 429 hydrofracturing tests that were carried out in six coal mines and two coal bed methane boreholes between 1986 and 1995 within the greater Ruhr region (Germany). Our study summarises the results of the extensive in situ stress test campaign and assigns quality to each data record using the established quality ranking schemes of the World Stress Map project.
The authors assemble an in situ stress magnitude and orientation database based on 429...
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