Stress Regimes in the Lithosphere

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The purpose of this book is to acquaint the geoscientist with issues associated with the debate over orientation and magnitude of stress in the lithosphere. Terry Engelder provides a broad understanding of the topic, while touching some of the specific details involved in the interpretation of stress data generated by the most commonly used measure

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"A comprehensive account of lithospheric stress and its implications... [Engelder] uses an approach which is rigorous and quantitative without being overwhelmingly mathematical."--Geological Magazine