State of Stress in the Lithosphere
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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.
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