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Maximum horizontal stress orientation and relative stress magnitude (faulting regime) data throughout North America

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2022-01-21

Citation

Lundstern, J., and Zoback, M.D., 2023, Maximum horizontal stress orientation and relative stress magnitude (faulting regime) data throughout North America: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P90LS6QF.

Summary

This Data Release accompanies the publication "State of stress in areas of active unconventional oil and gas development in North America" by J.-E. Lund Snee (now J.-E. Lundstern) and M.D. Zoback (2022) in the AAPG Bulletin. This dataset provides maximum horizontal stress (SHmax ) orientation and relative stress magnitude (faulting regime) information that comprise a new-generation crustal stress map for North America. Relative stress magnitudes are presented using the Aϕ (A_phi) parameter, a single scalar that represents the ratio of the three principal stress magnitudes. Data were collected between 2015 and 2022. Data points for SHmax orientations, relative stress magnitudes, and the earthquake focal mechanisms used to determine [...]

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Lundstern_Zoback_2023_NA_stress_Data_Release.xml
“Metadata file”
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Lundstern_Zoback_2023_NA_stress_Data_Release_readme.txt
“Readme file”
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NA_Aphi_NAAP40_sm_cl.zip
“GeoTiff”
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NA_stress_Data_Dictionary.csv
“Data dictionary file”
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NA_stress_focal_mechanism_catalog.csv
“Focal mechanism catalog used to determine some stress values”
5.53 MB text/csv
NA_stress_relative_stress_magnitude_points.csv
“Table of relative principal stress magnitude”
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NA_stress_SHmax_orientations.csv
“Table of maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) orientations”
1.01 MB text/csv
NA_stress_SHmax_orientations.zip
“Shapefiles”
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Purpose

The data were collected to characterize the state of stress across North America.

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