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Local stress data are usually tied to underground excavations (mines, tunnels) or boreholes which are drilled into the Earth’s crust. The most important reasons for designing excavations and drilling holes are withdrawal of natural materials like hydrocarbon or mineral resources, deposit of human waste materials like nuclear waste or CO2, and geothermal energy as well as pure scientific purpose. We choose three sites to show different applications of stresses in the Earth’s crust and facets in stress determination involved.
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Zang, A., Stephansson, O. (2010). Local Stress Data. In: Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8444-7_9
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