3D spatial variation in vertical stress in on- and offshore Netherlands; integration of density log measurements and basin modeling results

The principal vertical stress at a certain depth is equivalent to the weight of the overburden (rocks and pore fluids) at that depth. Vertical stress trends will be similar across areas with a simple layer-cake lithostratigraphic sequence and similar burial history. These conditions are not fulfilled for the lithostratigraphy and burial history of the onshore and offshore Netherlands. Burial histories vary over short distances and resulted in highs, platforms and (inverted) basins with different lithostratigraphic sequences and porosity distributions.