Stress Field of the Earth's Crust

Endorsements: "The book thoroughly and convincingly integrates in situ stress, its sources, measurement, and applications, into the fields of geophysics, geology, geomechanics, and geoengineering. It is therefore that I enthusiastically recommend Stress Field of the Earth's Crust." (Bezalel Haimson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, June 2009) "I think it is a very good text that covers the most important aspects of the Kaiser effect, its mechanisms and how it can be used for stress measurements in rocks." (Alexandre Lavrov, SINTEF Petroleum Research, Norway) "It is beautifully laid out, easy to read, and impossible not to understand!. I especially like the way that many of the diagrams have such iconic simplicity so that the extranneous detail has been removed - leaving only the message that the diagram is transmitting." (John A. Hudson, Emeritus Professor, Imperial College, UK, President, International Society for Rock Mechanics) From the reviews: "The presentation of the book is clear, with an abundant bibliography. ... I found the Note boxes that summarize important results to be particularly welcome. ... In conclusion, this book is undoubtedly focused on stress field of the Earth crust. ... I definitely would recommend this book to Earth Scientists in need to better understanding of stress measurement techniques, and to Rock Mechanics engineers who want to improve their understanding of the stress field at the scale of plate tectonics." (Francois Henri Cornet, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, September, 2010)

• Definition and Terminology.- Stress Definition.- Rock Fracture Criteria.- Rock Stress Terminology.- Crustal Stress Models.- Measuring Stress.- Physics of Stress Measurements.- Measuring Crustal Stress: Borehole Methods.- Measuring Crustal Stress: Core-Based Methods.- Interpreting Stress Data.- Local Stress Data.- Generic Stress Data.- Global Stress.