NW Australian intraplate seismicity and stress regime

Stefan Revets, Myra Keep, B.L.N. Kennett

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    Abstract

    The interrelations between stress orientation, regional deformation, and seismicactivity in the context of intraplate seismicity continue to pose difficult questions. Stressmodels of the Australian continent are largely based on nonseismic information. Our studyof 26 microearthquakes in NW Australia shows that they are good indicators of theseismogenic stress field. By inverting focal mechanisms calculated from the events weobtained deviatoric stress tensors in full agreement with the known in-situ stress field. Thestress tensors corroborate the elastic modeling of the continent. The methods used herehave widespread applicability in determining crustal stress field parameters in regionswhere in-situ stress data are sparse or absent.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)Article number B10305, 10pp
    JournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
    Volume114
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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