Interpolation of principal stress directions by nonparametric statistics: Global maps with confidence limits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5435-5443

  Bird, Peter ^a   Li, Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL STRESS DIRECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS;

EID: 0029776597     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03731     Document Type: Article

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