Open AccessThe ancient and contemporary geophysical stress field in a calcareous mountain-range
Author(s) -
Adrian E. Scheidegger
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2037-416X
pISSN - 1593-5213
DOI - 10.4401/ag-4927
Subject(s) - massif , geology , paleozoic , calcareous , basement , overburden , geomorphology , stress field , stress (linguistics) , joint (building) , geochemistry , paleontology , archaeology , geography , architectural engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , finite element method , engineering , thermodynamics
The stress systems wliich are and have been active in
a well-defined calcareous mountain massif (the Iloclikonig massif in Austria)
have been determined: (I) f r om joint orientations in the Paleozoic basement,
(II) from joint orientations in the calcareous superstructure and (III) from
in situ stress measurements in a mine beneath the massif. It was found (I)
t h a t t h e stresses which produced the Paleozoic joint system is quite distinct
f r om t h e other systems active in the area, (II) t h a t ' t h e joints in the supers
t r u c t u r e correspond to a stress system t h a t is in conformity with the general
north-south thrust thought to have created the Alps and (III) that
t h e stresses measured in situ represent nothing but the effect of the presentday
overburden topography