ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The orientation of the stress tensor in the Earth's crust within a tectonic plate largely reflects the forces acting on that plate. At depths of 10 km or less one principal stress is usually nearly normal to the Earth's free surface and so nearly vertical. The magnitude of this vertical principal ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/305619a0
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