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Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:
referenceSystemIdentifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
WGS84 (4326)
code:
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326

Identification

Data Identification:
citation:
Citation:
Title:
World Stress Map
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
revision
date:
2025-05-31
Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
https://metadata.europe-geology.eu/record/edit/6a71d32a-6508-48b6-8f18-46dd0a010e58?profil=54&package=-1
Abstract:
The World Stress Map (WSM) is a global compilation of information on the present-day crustal stress field. It is a collaborative project between academia and industry that aims to characterize the crustal stress pattern and to understand the stress sources. All stress information is analysed and compiled in a standardized format and quality-ranked for reliability and comparability on a global scale. The WSM is an open-access public database that is used by academic and industrial institutions working in various Earth science disciplines.
purpose:
The WSM database is used by various academic and industrial institutions working in a wide range of Earth science disciplines such as geodynamics, hazard assessment, reservoir geomechanics, and geotechnical applications. The main operational areas are reservoir characterization and management, stability of mines, tunnel, boreholes and waste disposal sites, calibration of geomechanical-numerical models, 4D Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) modelling of stress changes, and hazard assessment e.g. by means of fault-slip tendency and fracture potential analysis.
status:
onGoing
Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
GFZ Postdam
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
phone:
CI_Telephone:
voice:
+49 331 6264 2814
Address:
Address:
city:
Postdam
Postal Code:
14473
country:
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/DEU
country:
Germany
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
custodian
Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords:
keyword:
Geology
keyword:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/ge
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/inspire_themes
Title:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2008-06-01
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/SpatialScope/global
keyword:
Global
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/SpatialScope
Title:
Spatial scope
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2019-05-22
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/egdi/keyword/2066
keyword:
geophysics
keyword:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/egdi/keyword/2065
keyword:
tectonics
Thesaurus Name:
Citation:
Title:
https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/egdi/keyword
Title:
EGDI Keyword Thesaurus
Date:
CI_Date:
date:
2026-03-25
Date Type:
publication
Keywords:
keyword:
InventoryGeoenergy
keyword:
crustal stress
keyword:
in situ stress
keyword:
tectonic stress
keyword:
crustal stress pattern
Resource Constraints:
MD_LegalConstraints:
Access Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations
Other Constraints:
no limitations to public access
MD_LegalConstraints:
Use Constraints:
otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Other Constraints:
Creative Commons BY 4.0
language:
eng
topicCategory:
geoscientificInformation
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic Element:
Geographic Bounding Box:
westBoundLongitude:
-180.00
eastBoundLongitude:
180.00
southBoundLatitude:
-90.00
northBoundLatitude:
90.00
Geographic Description:
Geographic Identifier:
RS_Identifier:
code:
WORLD
code:
World
Temporal Element:
TemporalExtent:
extent:
begin / end:
begin:
?
end:
2025-05-31

Distribution

Distribution:
Transfer Options:
Digital Transfer Options:
onLine:
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.world-stress-map.org/download
name:
World Stress Map portal
function:
information
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.world-stress-map.org/fileadmin/wsm/pdfs/WSM_TR_25_01.pdf
name:
Technical report
function:
information
CI_OnlineResource:
linkage:
https://www.world-stress-map.org/casmo
name:
Online viewer
function:
search

Data Quality

Data Quality:
Scope:
DQ_Scope:
level:
dataset
Report:
Domain Consistency:
Result:
Conformance Result:
specification:
Citation:
Title:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/1089
Title:
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date:
CI_Date:
Date Type:
publication
date:
2010-12-08
explanation:
See referenced specification
Lineage:
LI_Lineage:
statement:
The WSM project was ininitiated in 1986 as a task force of the International Lithosphere Program. The backbone of the database is a quality-raking scheme that allows to compare stress information from very different stress indicator from geotechnical, geological and geophysical methods. The latest WSM database release 2025 contains 100,842 data records of the present-day orientation of the maximum horizontal stress in the Earth crust and the stress regime. The database is uniquie as it is the only open access global repository for stress information. All technical details of data sources, data analysis and description of the data fields are given the WSM Technical Report 25-01 which is published by Rajabi et al. (2026; DOI: 10.48440/WSM.2025.001).

Metadata

File Identifier:
6a71d32a-6508-48b6-8f18-46dd0a010e58
language:
eng
Resource type:
dataset
Metadata Contact:
Responsible Party:
Organisation Name:
Czech Geological Survey
Contact Info:
CI_Contact:
Address:
Address:
e-mail:
[email protected]
role:
pointOfContact
Date Stamp:
2026-08-04
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4
Metadata Standard Version:
2003/cor.1/2006