Quantification of neotectonic stress orientations and magnitudes from field observations in Finnmark, northern Norway

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 859-870

  Pascal, Christophe ^a,b   Roberts, David ^b   Gabrielsen, Roy H ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Axial fractures; Borehole offsets; Fennoscandia; Post glacial rebound; Ridge push; Stress relief

Indexed keywords

DRILLHOLES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; NEOTECTONIC STRESS ORIENTATIONS; VERTICAL AXIAL FRACTURES;

BLASTING; BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTURE; GLACIERS; QUARRYING; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

NEOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 18744402747     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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