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A study of stresses associated with young continental margins shows that differential loading across major surface features of the Earth may cause tectonic activity within lithospheric plates.
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BOTT, M., DEAN, D. Stress Systems at Young Continental Margins. Nature Physical Science 235, 23–25 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci235023a0
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