Stress regimes in the lithosphere

After introducing the various stress regimes in the lithosphere, the book shows how their extent in the upper crust is demarcated by direct measurements of four types: hydraulic fracture, borehole-logging, strain-relaxation, and rigid-inclusion measurements. The relationship between lithospheric stress and the properties of rocks is then presented in terms of micro-crack related phenomena and residual stress. Lithospheric stress is also inferred from the analsyis of earthquakes. Finally, lithospheric stress is placed in the context of large-scale stress fields and plate tectonics. -Publisher