Uncertainty in the maximum principal stress estimated from hydraulic fracturing measurements due to the presence of the induced fracture

J Rutqvist1, Chin-Fu Tsang1, O Stephansson2
1Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 947 20, USA
2Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering Geology, S-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

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