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Mary Lou Zoback
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 60
Citations - 8279
Mary Lou Zoback is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fault (geology) & Stress field. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 60 publications receiving 7894 citations. Previous affiliations of Mary Lou Zoback include United States Geological Survey & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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First‐ and second‐order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: The World Stress Map Project
TL;DR: In this paper, more than 7300 in situ stress orientations have been compiled as part of the World Stress Map project and over 4400 are considered reliable tectonic stress indicators, recording horizontal stress orientation to within <±25°.
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New evidence on the state of stress of the San Andreas fault system
Mark D. Zoback,Mary Lou Zoback,Van S. Mount,John Suppe,J. P. Eaton,John H. Healy,David H. Oppenheimer,Paul A. Reasenberg,Lucile M. Jones,C. Barry Raleigh,Ivan G. Wong,Oona Scotti,Carl M. Wentworth +12 more
TL;DR: F Fault-normal crustal compression in central California is proposed to result from the extremely low shear strength of the San Andreas and the slightly convergent relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates.
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State of stress in the conterminous United States
Mary Lou Zoback,Mark D. Zoback +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a major variation in principal stress orientation is observed between the Atlantic Coast and mid-continent areas, and the authors suggest that these transitions can be abrupt, occurring over <75 km in places.
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Disaster resilience: A national imperative
Susan L. Cutter,Joseph A. Ahearn,Bernard Amadei,Patrick Crawford,Elizabeth A. Eide,Gerald E. Galloway,Michael F. Goodchild,Howard Kunreuther,Meredith Li-Vollmer,Monica Schoch-Spana,Susan Scrimshaw,Ellis M. Stanley,Gene Whitney,Mary Lou Zoback +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight some of the challenges to hazards and disaster poli..., highlighting the accelerating disaster losses coupled with the increasing frequency of billion-dollar disaster events, such as the recent Hurricane Sandy.
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Global patterns of tectonic stress
Mary Lou Zoback,Mark D. Zoback,John H. Adams,Marcelo Assumpção,S. Bell,Eric A. Bergman,P. Blümling,N. R. Brereton,D. Denham,J. Ding,Karl Fuchs,Soren Gregersen,Harsh K. Gupta,Alexei Gvishiani,Klaus H. Jacob,R. Klein,P. Knoll,M. Magee,J. L. Mercier,B. C. Müller,C. Paquin,Kusala Rajendran,O. Stephansson,Gerardo Suárez,Max Suter,A. Udias,Z. H. Xu,Mikhail Zhizhin +27 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used regional patterns of present-day tectonic stress to evaluate the forces acting on the lithosphere and to investigate intraplate seismicity, and found that most intraplate regions are characterized by a compressional stress regime; extension is limited almost entirely to thermally uplifted regions.