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State of stress in the lithosphere
Author(s) -
Zoback Mark D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg021i006p01503
Subject(s) - lithosphere , geology , dike , seismology , volcano , slip (aerodynamics) , stress (linguistics) , fault (geology) , geophysics , petrology , tectonics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , thermodynamics
Recent estimates of the magnitude and orientation of lithospheric stresses are reviewed. Data come from a variety of sources including earthquake focal mechanisms, fault slip data, young volcanic dikes and feeders, in‐situ stress measurements at depth, lithospheric flexure models, microstructure paleopiezometry, and consideration of constraints on maximum stress differences from laboratory‐determined friction and flow laws.