Characterizing stress fields in the upper crust using joint orientation distributions
Authors:
- Amy E. WhitakerAWAmy E. Whitaker
- Terry EngelderTETerry Engelder
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Structural Geology
- Vol. 27 (10) , 1778-1787
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