State and origin of the present-day stress field in sedimentary basins: New results from the World Stress Map Project.

The present-day stress field provides fundamental insight into the forces driving plate tectonics and intra-plate deformation. Furthermore, knowledge of the in situ state of stress is essential in petroleum and mining geomechanics applications such as the stability of boreholes and tunnels, and impr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tingay, Mark, Muller, B., Reinecker, J., Heidbach, O.
Other Authors: Yale, D.P.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Curran Associates 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36028