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Stress Map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe 2016

Cite as:

Heidbach, Oliver; Custodio, Susana; Kingdon, Andrew; Mariucci, Maria Theresa; Montone, Paola; Müller, Birgit; Pierdominici, Simona; Rajabi, Mojtaba; Reinecker, John; Reiter, Karsten; Tingay, Mark; Williams, John; Ziegler, Moritz (2016): Stress Map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe 2016. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/WSM.Europe2016

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I   N       R   E   V   I   E   W : Heidbach, Oliver; Custodio, Susana; Kingdon, Andrew; Mariucci, Maria Theresa; Montone, Paola; Müller, Birgit; Pierdominici, Simona; Rajabi, Mojtaba; Reinecker, John; Reiter, Karsten; Tingay, Mark; Williams, John; Ziegler, Moritz (2016): Stress Map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe 2016. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/WSM.Europe2016

Abstract

The Stress Map of the Mediterranean and Central Europe 2016 displays 5011 A-C quality stress data records of the upper 40 km of the Earth’s crust from the WSM database release 2016 (Heidbach et al, 2016, http://doi.org/10.5880/WSM.2016.001). Focal mechanism solutions determined as being potentially unreliable (labelled as Possible Plate Boundary Events in the database) are not displayed. Further detailed information on the WSM quality ranking scheme, guidelines for the various stress indicators, and software for stress map generation and the stress pattern analysis is available at www.world-stress-map.org.

Additional Information

The World Stress Map (WSM) is a global compilation of information on the crustal present-day stress field. It is a collaborative project between academia and industry that aims to characterize the stress pattern and to understand the stress sources. It commenced in 1986 as a project of the International Lithosphere Program under the leadership of Mary-Lou Zoback. From 1995-2008 it was a project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities headed first by Karl Fuchs and then by Friedemann Wenzel. Since 2009 the WSM is maintained at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and since 2012 the WSM is a member of the ICSU World Data System. All stress information is analysed and compiled in a standardized format and quality-ranked for reliability and comparability on a global scale.

Authors

  • Heidbach, Oliver;GFZ German Research Centre of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • Custodio, Susana;Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Kingdon, Andrew;British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
  • Mariucci, Maria Theresa;Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
  • Montone, Paola;Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
  • Müller, Birgit;Institute of Applied Geosciences, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Pierdominici, Simona;GFZ German Research Centre of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
  • Rajabi, Mojtaba;Australian School of Petroleum, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • Reinecker, John;GeoThermal Engineering GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Reiter, Karsten;Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
  • Tingay, Mark;Australian School of Petroleum, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • Williams, John;British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
  • Ziegler, Moritz;GFZ German Research Centre of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany

Contact

  • Heidbach, Oliver (Senior Researcher) ; GFZ German Research Centre of Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;

Contributors

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Keywords

crustal stress, in situ stress, tectonic stress, crustal stress pattern, geophysics, tectonics

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