34 State of stress in the Earth's lithosphere

International Geophysics

Volumn 81, Issue PART A, 2002, Pages

  Zoback, Mark D ^a   Zoback, Mary Lou ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 77956741343     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(02)80237-6     Document Type: Chapter

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