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The knowledge on the orientation and magnitude of in situ stresses is crucial to understanding tectonic processes such as crustal seismicity, faulting, deformation or fluid transport within the crust, and the geochemical processes associated with iL Besides such fundamental problems, the tectonic stress field determines the stability of deep mines and ultradeep boreholes, and the possible depth of future mining in general. It also plays a dominant role in the future economic realization of the hot-dry-rock concept for geothermal energy extraction from the deep, hot, crystalline basement by forced fluid circulation through natural and artificial fracture systems.
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Rummel, F. (1990). Deep Stress Measurements: A Key to Understanding Crustal Tectonics. In: Fuchs, K., Kozlovsky, Y.A., Krivtsov, A.I., Zoback, M.D. (eds) Super-Deep Continental Drilling and Deep Geophysical Sounding. Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50143-2_37
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