Texas-Oklahoma Stress Maps (IMAGE)

Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Texas-Oklahoma Stress Maps

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New stress maps of Texas and Oklahoma, with black lines indicating stress orientation. Blue-green colors indicate regions of extension in the crust, while yellow-orange areas are indicative of crustal compression.

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Jens-Erik Lund Snee

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