Global patterns of tectonic stress

Nature

Volumn 341, Issue 6240, 1989, Pages 291-298

  Zoback, Mary Lou ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b   Adams, J ^c   Assumpcao M ^d   Bell, S ^e   Bergman, E A ^f   Blumling P ^g   Brereton, N R ^h   Denham, D ⁱ   Ding, J ^j   Fuchs, K ^k   Gay, N ^l   Gregersen, S ^m   Gupta, H K ⁿ   Gvishiani, A ^o   Jacob, K ^p   Klein, R ^q   Knoll, P ^r   Magee, M ^a   Mercier, J L ^s   Muller B C ^k   Paquin, C ^s   Rajendran, K ^t   Stephansson, O ^u   Suarez, G ^v   Suter, M ^v   Udias, A ^w   Xu, Z H ^x   Zhizhin, M ^o   more..

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Institute of Sedimentary & Petroleum Geology   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^h BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Seismology Research Centre Australia   (Australia)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^l Rock Mechanics Laboratory CC   (South Africa)

^m Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

ⁿ Department of Physics   (India)

^o SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^p Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^q BP Research International ^*  (United Kingdom)

^r Zentralinstitut für Physik der Erde ^*  (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^u LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^v UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^w UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^x INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; EXTENSION; GLOBAL SURVEY; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; PLATE MOTION; STRESS; STRESS PATTERN;

EID: 0024903184     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/341291a0     Document Type: Review

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