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An updated stress map of the continental U.S. reveals heterogeneous intraplate stress

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1900
End Date
2018

Citation

Levandowski, W.B., Herrmann, R.B., Briggs, R.W., Boyd, O.S., and Gold, R.D., 2022, An updated stress map of the continental U.S. reveals heterogeneous intraplate stress: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BA1104.

Summary

Earthquake focal mechanisms and stress inversion results for the conterminous United States.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Richard W Briggs
Originator :
William B Levandowski, Robert B Herrmann, Richard W Briggs, Oliver S Boyd, Ryan D Gold
Metadata Contact :
GHSC Data Steward
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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focal mechanism stress inversion metadata.xml
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focal mechanism database.csv 435.62 KB text/csv
stress inversion results.csv 138.02 KB text/csv

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Data were obtained to assess variability in crustal stress for tectonic and seismic hazard studies.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9BA1104

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