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Breakout orientation (N o E)<br />

0 90 180 270 0 90 180 270<br />

3000<br />

5000<br />

2890<br />

3322.5<br />

0 90 180 270<br />

2892<br />

3323.0<br />

3500<br />

5500<br />

2894<br />

3323.5<br />

2896<br />

3324.0<br />

Depth (meters)<br />

4000<br />

6000<br />

2898<br />

3324.5<br />

2900<br />

3325.0<br />

3325.5<br />

4500<br />

6500<br />

2902<br />

3326.0<br />

2904<br />

3326.5<br />

5000<br />

7000<br />

2906<br />

Figure 11.10. Examples of breakout orientations at a variety of scales. The two left panels show<br />

breakout orientations from 3000–6800 m depth in the KTB research hole in Germany (Brudy,<br />

Zoback et al. 1997). The middle and right panels (from the Cajon Pass research hole in southern<br />

California) show fluctuations of breakout orientation in image logs over a 16 m and 4minterval,<br />

respectively (Shamir and Zoback 1992).<br />

a. b.<br />

−4<br />

−3<br />

−2<br />

FAULT<br />

SLIP<br />

WELLBORE<br />

2L<br />

Distance from the fault<br />

−1<br />

0<br />

1<br />

2<br />

3<br />

C = 138 MPa<br />

4<br />

0.88 0.90 0.92 0.94<br />

Normalized stress<br />

140 160<br />

Breakout azimuth<br />

Figure 11.11. (a) Model of a wellbore penetrating a pre-existing fault which has slipped and<br />

perturbed the stress field in the surrounding rock mass. (b) The observed stress rotations (as well as<br />

the abrupt termination of breakouts) can be explained by the stress perturbations associated with<br />

fault slip. After Shamir and Zoback (1992).

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