US Geological Survey
Date of this Version
1983
Abstract
Recent estimates of the magnitude and orientation of lithospheric stresses are
reviewed. Data come from a variety of sources including earthquake focal mechanisms, fault slip data, young volcanic dikes and feeders, in-situ stress measurements at depth, lithospheric flexure models, microstructure paleopiezometry, and consideration of constraints on maximum stress differences from laboratory-determined friction and flow laws.
Comments
Published in REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS AND SPACE PHYSICS, VOL. 21, NO. 6, PAGES 1503-1511, JULY 1983 U.S. NATIONAL REPORT TO INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS 1979-1982