State and origin of present-day stress fields in sedimentary basins
The present-day stress field provides fundamental insight into the forces driving plate tectonics and intra-plate deformation. Furthermore, knowledge of the present-day stress field is essential in petroleum, geothermal and mining geomechanics applications such as the stability of boreholes and tunn...
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CSIRO Publishing
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8973 |