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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
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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.Abstract:
Regional patterns of present-day tectonic stress can be used to evaluate the forces acting on the lithosphere and to investigate intraplate seismicity. Most intraplate regions are characterized by a compressional stress regime; extension is limited almost entirely to thermally uplifted regions. In several plates the maximum horizontal stress is subparallel to the direction of absolute plate motion, suggesting that the forces driving the plates also dominate the stress distribution in the plate interior.read more
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Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision.
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An analysis of the variation of ocean floor bathymetry and heat flow with age
Barry Parsons,John G. Sclater +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple cooling model and the plate model were proposed to account for the variation in depth and heat flow with increasing age of the ocean floor. But the results were limited to the North Pacific and North Atlantic basins.
Present-day plate motions
TL;DR: A data set comprising 110 spreading rates, 78 transform fault azimuths, and 142 earthquake slip vectors has been inverted to yield a new instantaneous plate motion model, designated Relative Motion 2 (RM2).
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Present‐day plate motions
TL;DR: In this article, a data set comprising 110 spreading rates, 78 transform fault azimuths and 142 earthquake slip vectors was inverted to yield a new instantaneous plate motion model, designated RM2.
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On the Relative Importance of the Driving Forces of Plate Motion
Donald W. Forsyth,Seiya Uyedaf +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the relative strength of the plausible driving forces, given the observed motions and geometries of the lithospheric plates, was analyzed. But the results indicate that the forces acting on the downgoing slab control the velocity of the oceanic plates and are an order of magnitude stronger than any other force.