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Estimating the stress and strain fields of the Earth's crust on the basis of seismotectonic data

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A method is proposed for estimating the lateral pressure coefficientsq x ,q y on the basis of seismological data (the principal stress or principal strain trajectories). Results obtained by this method for the iron-ore deposits of Gornaya Shoriya are in good correlation with in-situ data. For the main tectonic regimes (normal faults, strikeslip faults, thrust faults), the range ofq x ,q y variation is established, and the conditions for the application of two-dimensional models and relation for which motion along fracture disturbances is possible are determined.

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Institute of Mining, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk. Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 1, pp. 28–36, January–February, 1999.

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Nazarova, L.A. Estimating the stress and strain fields of the Earth's crust on the basis of seismotectonic data. J Min Sci 35, 26–35 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02562442

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