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Multiscale variations of the crustal stress field throughout North America

The Earth’s crustal stress field controls active deformation and reflects the processes driving plate tectonics. Here we present the first quantitative synthesis of relative principal stress magnitudes throughout North America together with hundreds of new horizontal stress orientations, revealing c...

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Autores principales: Lundstern, Jens-Erik, Zoback, Mark D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32327657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15841-5

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