Distribution of In Situ Stress in Northwest Jiaodong Peninsula

Abstract

In order to study the present state of the tectonic stress field in northwest Jiaodong Peninsula, the characteristics of the ground stress distribution along depth were analyzed with the method of regression analysis. A total of 164 items of in situ stress measurement data were collected. There are mainly two types of in situ stress states, one is σH>σh>σv and the other is σ>σv>σh, and the type of in situ stress state is related to the depth. The principal stresses σH, σh, and σv increase approximately linearly with depth, and the stress gradients are 0.0556, 0.0248, and 0.0346, respectively. The lateral pressure coefficients KH, Kh, and Kav vary approximately hyperbolically with the increase in depth and approach 1.99, 1.12, and 1.56, respectively. The ratio of half of the maximum horizontal differential stress to the average horizontal principal stress μd varies linearly with the increase of depth and approaches the value of 0.33. The maximum shear stress τm increases approximately linearly with depth, and the stress gradients are 0.0146. The ratio of horizontal principal stress difference with vertical stress on 1000 m–2000 m is 0.5– 0.7. In addition, the maximum level of principal stress advantage direction in the northwest Jiaodong Peninsula is nearly E–W.