Mechanical properties of lithosphere are of primary importance for interpretation of
deformation at all spatial and time scales, from local scale to large-scale geodynamics and …

Heat flow and heat production data complement seismic information and provide strong
constraints on crustal composition, thickness and evolution. They have helped understand …

Large earthquakes within stable continental regions (SCR) show that significant amounts of
elastic strain can be released on geological structures far from plate boundary faults, where …

We show that a new subduction zone can initiate at a preexisting dipping fault zone with
reasonable plate forces, consistent with what is observed in the western Pacific. The …

A compilation of lithospheric stress directions for continental South America and the inferred
major patterns of the regional intraplate stress field are presented. Stress orientations are …

It is suggested that episodic plate tectonics occurs on Venus; episodes of rapid plate
tectonics are separated by periods of surface quiescence. For the last 500±200 my it is …

We examine the role of lithosphere folding in the large‐scale evolution of the continental
lithosphere. Analysis of the record of recent vertical motions and the geometry of basin …

This study is devoted to a systematic analysis of the state of stress of the central European
Alps and northern Alpine foreland in Switzerland based on focal mechanisms of 138 …

We present a study of the origins of the European regional stress field. Intraplate stresses
due to various plate boundary forces and intraplate stress sources were predicted using an …

The relative contribution of topographic (eg, ridge push, continental margins, and elevated
continental crust) and plate boundary (eg, subduction and collisional) forces to the intraplate …