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== Applications == In coal mines, large amounts of horizontal stress on the rock (around two to three times greater than the vertical pressure from the overlying rock) are caused by tectonic stress and can be predicted with plate tectonics stress maps.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=3 September 2024 |title=The Canary: Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/michael-lewis-chris-marks-the-canary-who-is-government/?itid=hp_latest-headlines_p001_f015 |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> For example, because [[West Virginia]] experiences tectonic stress from east to west, as of around the 1990s significantly more roof collapses occurred in mines running north to south than in mines running east to west.<ref name=":1" />
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