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Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Through an Orthogonal Discontinuity: A Laboratory, Analytical and Numerical Study by Llanos, Ella María, Jeffrey, Robert G., Hillis, Richard, Zhang, Xi

“…Rocks are naturally fractured, and lack of knowledge of hydraulic fracture growth through the pre-existing discontinuities in rocks has impeded enhancing…”
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A rift-to-drift record of vertical crustal motions in the Faroe-Shetland Basin, NW European margin; establishing constraints on NE Atlantic evolution by Stoker, Martyn S, Holford, Simon P, Hillis, Richard R

“…The Upper Paleocene-Eocene rock record in the Faroe-Shetland Basin is punctuated by a series of unconformities that reflect a persistent tectonic instability…”
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Estimating fault stability and sustainable fluid pressures for underground storage of CO2 in porous rock by STREIT, Jürgen E, HILLIS, Richard R

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Thermal weakening localizes intraplate deformation along the southern Australian continental margin by Holford, Simon P., Hillis, Richard R., Hand, Martin, Sandiford, Mike

“…The controls on seismicity and fault reactivation in stable intraplate crust located far from active plate boundaries are poorly understood. The southern…”
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Preservation of late Paleozoic glacial rock surfaces by burial prior to Cenozoic exhumation, Fleurieu Peninsula, Southeastern Australia by Holford, Simon P., Green, Paul F., Duddy, Ian R., Hillis, Richard R., Hill, Steven M., Stoker, Martyn S.

“…The antiquity of the Australian landscape has long been the subject of debate, with some studies inferring extraordinary longevity (>108 myr) for some…”
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Preservation of late Palaeozoic glacial rock surfaces by burial prior to Cenozoic exhumation, Fleurieu Peninsula, southeastern Australia by Holford, Simon P, Green, Paul F, Duddy, Ian R, Hillis, Richard R, Hill, Steven M, Stoker, Martyn S

“…The antiquity of the Australian landscape has long been the subject of debate, with some studies inferring extraordinary longevity (>108 Myr) for some…”
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Present-day stress orientation in Thailand's basins by Tingay, Mark R.P., Morley, Chris K., Hillis, Richard R., Meyer, Jeremy

“…The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Thailand is widely considered to have been primarily controlled by forces generated at the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. This…”
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Contemporary stress orientations in the Faroe-Shetland region by Holford, Simon P, Tassone, David R, Stoker, Martyn S, Hillis, Richard R

“…The Faroe-Shetland region of the NE Atlantic continental margin contains a number of complexly structured Mesozoic-Palaeogene-age rift basins, but in…”
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Relationship between structural style, overpressures, and modern stress, Baram Delta Province, northwest Borneo by Morley, Christopher K., Tingay, Mark, Hillis, Richard, King, Rosalind

“…The Baram Delta differs from most large (passive margin) deltas because of its location on an active postcollisional margin. Structural style and evolution is…”
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Quantifying Cretaceous-Cenozoic exhumation in the Otway Basin, southeastern Australia, using sonic transit time data; implications for conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon prospectivity by Tassone, David R, Holford, Simon P, Duddy, Ian R, Green, Paul F, Hillis, Richard R

“…In prospective basins affected by exhumation, uncertainty commonly exists regarding the maximum burial depths of source, reservoir, and seal horizons. One such…”
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Cenozoic deformation in the Otway Basin, southern Australian margin: implications for the origin and nature of post-breakup compression at rifted margins by Holford, Simon P., Tuitt, Adrian K., Hillis, Richard R., Green, Paul F., Stoker, Martyn S., Duddy, Ian R., Sandiford, Mike, Tassone, David R.

“…There is growing recognition that pulses of compressive tectonic structuring punctuate the post‐breakup subsidence histories of many ‘passive’ rifted…”
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Present-day stress orientations and tectonic provinces of the NW Borneo collisional margin by King, Rosalind C., Tingay, Mark R. P., Hillis, Richard R., Morley, Christopher K., Clark, James

“…Borehole failure observed on image and dipmeter logs from 55 petroleum wells across the NW Borneo collisional margin were used to determine maximum horizontal…”
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Multiple post-Caledonian exhumation episodes across NW Scotland revealed by apatite fission-track analysis by Holford, Simon P, Green, Paul F, Hillis, Richard R, Underhill, John R, Stoker, Martyn S, Duddy, Ian R

“…The post-Caledonian exhumation history of NW Scotland is a controversial issue, with some studies advocating largely continual emergence whereas others suggest…”
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Balancing deformation in NW Borneo: Quantifying plate-scale vs. gravitational tectonics in a delta and deepwater fold-thrust belt system by King, Rosalind C., Backé, Guillaume, Morley, Christopher K., Hillis, Richard R., Tingay, Mark R.P.

“…Recent GPS measurements demonstrate that NW Borneo undergoes 4–6 mm of plate-scale shortening a year, which is not accommodated by plate-scale structures. The…”
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Constraining stress magnitudes using petroleum exploration data in the Cooper–Eromanga Basins, Australia by Reynolds, Scott D., Mildren, Scott D., Hillis, Richard R., Meyer, Jeremy J.

“…The magnitude of the in situ stresses in the Cooper–Eromanga Basins have been determined using an extensive petroleum exploration database from over 40 years…”
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Present-day stress and neotectonic provinces of the Baram Delta and deep-water fold-thrust belt by King, Rosalind C, Hillis, Richard R, Tingay, Mark R. P, Morley, Chris K

“…We present the first present-day stress orientation measurements across a delta and deep-water, delta toe fold-thrust belt. Stress and neotectonic data for NW…”
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The relationship between closure pressures from fluid injection tests and the minimum principal stress in strong rocks by Nelson, Emma J., Chipperfield, Simon T., Hillis, Richard R., Gilbert, John, McGowen, Jim, Mildren, Scott D.

“…Closure pressures measured during injection tests such as mini-fracs are normally considered an accurate measure of the minimum in situ principal stress…”
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Variation of vertical stress in the Carnarvon Basin, NW Shelf, Australia by King, Rosalind C., Neubauer, Marie, Hillis, Richard R., Reynolds, Scott D.

“…Variations in vertical stress magnitudes can be attributed to lateral facies variations, diagenesis, localized uplift and disequilibrium compaction…”
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Topography, boundary forces, and the Indo-Australian intraplate stress field by Coblentz, David D., Zhou, Shaohua, Hillis, Richard R., Richardson, Randall M., Sandiford, Michael

“…The relative contribution of topographic (e.g., ridge push, continental margins, and elevated continental crust) and plate boundary (e.g., subduction and…”
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Present-day stress orientation in Brunei; a snapshot of "prograding tectonics" in a Tertiary delta by Tingay, Mark R. P, Hillis, Richard R, Morley, Chris K, Swarbrick, Richard E, Drake, Steve J

“…The Baram Delta province of NW Borneo is unusual when compared with most other Tertiary deltas, as it has built up upon an active margin. Hence, structures…”
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