Global crustal stress pattern based on the World Stress Map database release 2008

CASMI - A visualization tool for the World Stress Map database

The World Stress Map (WSM) project has compiled a global database of quality-ranked data records on the contemporary tectonic stresses in the Earth’s crust. The WSM 2005 database release contains approximately 16 000 data records from different types of stress indicators such as earthquake focal mechanisms solutions, well bore breakouts, hydraulic fracturing and overcoring measurements, as well...

The Australian Stress Map

Knowledge of the in situ stress field of the Australian continent has increased greatly since compilation of the World Stress Map in 1992, principally by analysis of borehole breakouts and drilling-induced tensile fractures in petroleum wells. Stress orientations are variable across the Australian continent as a whole. However, within 15 of 16 individual stress provinces defined in the Australi...

Drought Stress and the Need for Drought Stress Sensing in a World of Global Climate Change

Drilling Induced Core Fractures and Crustal Stress

Drilling induced core fractures, usually ignored in standard core logging, contain substantial information on the directions of horizontal stresses and the relative magnitudes of the three principal stresses. These fractures have a variety of shapes, variously referred to as petal, petal-centreline, saddle, cup, and scallop. Surprisingly, the morphology of the fractures suggests they are produc...

The global collaboration on traumatic stress

Trauma is a global issue. The great majority of the global burden of disease arising from mental health conditions occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), among populations in political, economic, and/or cultural transition and those struck by forced migration. These mental health problems frequently arise as a result of traumatic events that adversely affect adults, children, and f...