Stress Regimes in the Lithosphere /

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The purpose of this book is to acquaint the geoscientist with issues associated with the debate over orientation and magnitude of stress in the lithosphere. Terry Engelder provides a broad understanding of the topic, while touching some of the specific details involved in the interpretation of stres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engelder, Terry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 151
Temas:
Rocks > Fracture.
Strains and stresses > Measurement.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Symbols
  • 1. Basic Concepts
  • 2. Stress in the Crack-Propagation Regime
  • 3. Stress in the Shear-Rupture and Frictional-Slip Regimes
  • 4. Stress in the Ductile-Flow Regime
  • 5. Hydraulic Fracture
  • 6. Borehole and Core Logging
  • 7. Strain-Relaxation Measurements
  • 8. Stressmeters and Crack Flexure
  • 9. Microcrack-Related Phenomena
  • 10. Residual and Remnant Stresses
  • 11. Earthquakes
  • 12. Data Compilations
  • 13. Sources of Stress in the Lithosphere
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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