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Extensional Stress

Extensional Stress is a type of lithospheric stress characterized by tensile forces that pull crustal materials apart, resulting in elongation or thinning of the Earth's crust along divergent boundaries.

208

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13.9K

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643

Authors

275

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2017–2026

43

Variants

Tensional Stress

Parents

Publications

208

Distribution of stresses in the descending lithosphere from a global survey of focal‐mechanism solutions of mantle earthquakes

Bryan L. Isacks, Péter Molnár · Reviews of Geophysics · 1971 · 1K citations

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The mechanics of the Tibetan Plateau

Philip England, G. A. Houseman · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1988 · 423 citations

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The relationship between Late Cenozoic tectonic events and stress field and basin development in northeast Japan

Hiroshi Sato · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 373 citations

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The Bending Stress Distribution at the Base of a Stationary Crack

M. L. Williams · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1961 · 347 citations

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A filament stretching device for measurement of extensional viscosity

V. Tirtaatmadja, T. M. Sridhar · Journal of Rheology · 1993 · 340 citations

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Authors

643

  1. GZ
    Gan‐Ji Zhong

    Sichuan University, China

    4 publications · 236 citations

    4

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  2. GH
    Gareth H. McKinley

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 544 citations

    4

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  3. ZL
    Zhong‐Ming Li

    Sichuan University, China

    4 publications · 236 citations

    4

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  4. JD
    Ji‐Liang Doong

    National Central University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 78 citations

    3

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  5. TM
    T. M. Sridhar

    University of Madras, India

    3 publications · 609 citations

    3

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Institutions

275

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    818 citations

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    312 citations

  5. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    471 citations

  8. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    637 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 23 publications · 2.2K citations

    20

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    9 publications · 574 citations

    9

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  3. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 7 publications · 461 citations

    7

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  4. Tectonics

    7 publications · 566 citations

    7

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    7 publications · 272 citations

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