The significance of surface joints |
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| Authors: | Adrian E Scheidegger |
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| Institution: | (1) Abteilung Geophysik, Technische Universität Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria |
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| Abstract: | This brief review demonstrates the significance, on a global scale, of joints as shearing surfaces in the neotectonic stress field. Thus, the principal directions of the neotectonic stress field can be determined by a statistical treatment of joint orientation data. These principal stress directions agree with those postulated from plate tectonic theory in every case, on five continents. |
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