Global patterns of tectonic stress

Global patterns of tectonic stress

Regional patterns of present-day tectonic stress can be used to evaluate the forces acting in the lithosphere and to investigate seismicity. Most intraplate regions are characterized by a compressional stress regime. In several plates the maximum horizontal stress is subparallel to the direction of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1989-09, Vol.341 (6240), p.291-298
Hauptverfasser: ZOBACK, M. L, ZOBACK, M. D, FUCHS, K, GAY, N, GREGERSEN, S, GUPTA, H. K, GVISHIANI, A, JACOB, K, KLEIN, R, KNOLL, P, MAGEE, M, MERCIER, J. L, ADAMS, J, MÜLLER, B. C, PAQUIN, C, RAJENDRAN, K, STEPHANSSON, O, SUAREZ, G, SUTER, M, UDIAS, A, XU, Z. H, ZHIZHIN, M, ASSUMPCAO, M, BELL, S, BERGMAN, E. A, BLÜMLING, P, BRERETON, N. R, DENHAM, D, DING, J
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Sprache:eng
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Earth
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Geology
Lithosphere
Tectonics. Structural geology. Plate tectonics
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Zusammenfassung:Regional patterns of present-day tectonic stress can be used to evaluate the forces acting in the lithosphere and to investigate seismicity. Most intraplate regions are characterized by a compressional stress regime. In several plates the maximum horizontal stress is subparallel to the direction of absolute plate motion, suggesting that the forces driving the plates also dominate the stress distribution in the plate interior.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/341291a0