3-D-geomechanical-numerical model of the contemporary crustal stress state in the Alberta Basin

Tectonics K. Reiter https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-7426 O. Heidbach 3-D-geomechanical-numerical model of the contemporary crustal stress state in the Alberta Basin 8 20 2014

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