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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Autor principal: Engelder, Terry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Strains and stresses > Measurement.
Rocks > Fracture.
Planets > Crust.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
Earth (Planet)
Terre > Croûte.
Earth (Planet) > Crust.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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