Orientations of the principal palaeostresses in the Western Bohemia seismoactive region and their comparison with the recent stresses

• Authors: HAVÍŘ Josef
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Czech Geological Society
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Geology and mineralogy
• Keywords: Western Bohemia region; faults; striae; palaeostress analysis; recent stress
• Description: The palaeostress analyses based on the fault striae data were carried out in the Western Bohemia seismoactive region. The results of these analyses were compared with the recent orientations of the principal stresses determined from focal mechanisms of micro-earthquakes. The fault striae data were obtained mainly from the late-Variscan granites. No data for the palaeostress analyses were found in the post-Variscan (Tertiary) sedimentary cover.

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