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Stress Field and Strain Release in the Rhenish Massif

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Plateau Uplift

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The stress conditions prevailing in the Rhenish Massif were determined at 14 sites by means of the doorstopper method. The mean direction of the maximum horizontal principal stress is 140° to 150°, thus not differing from the rest of the western Alpine foreland. Tensile stresses are the characteristic differences of the stress field of the Rhenish Massif with respect to its surroundings. These tensile stresses are due to the diverging σ1-jtrajectories, but besides that they are probably promoted by thermal effects at depth or by diapiric doming. The special kind of strain release found in the Rhenish Massif, if compared with that in the bordering rift segments of the Rhine Graben and the Lower Rhine Embayment, is mainly due to differing mechanical behavior of the crust in these areas.

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  1. Geologisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  1. Geophysikalisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Hertzstraße 16, D-7500, Karlsruhe 21, Germany

    Karl Fuchs

  2. Institut für Geochemie, Petrologie und Lagerstättenkunde, Universität Frankfurt, Postfach 111932, D-6000, Frankfurt 11, Germany

    Kurt von Gehlen

  3. Geodätisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße 12, D-7500, Karlsruhe 1, Germany

    Hermann Mälzer

  4. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 32-34, D-6000, Frankfurt, Germany

    Hans Murawski

  5. Institut für Physische Geographie, Senckenberganlage 36, D-6000, Frankfurt, Germany

    Arno Semmel

  6. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Senckenberganlage 36, D-6000, Frankfurt, Germany

    Arno Semmel

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Baumann, H., Illies, J.H. (1983). Stress Field and Strain Release in the Rhenish Massif. In: Fuchs, K., von Gehlen, K., Mälzer, H., Murawski, H., Semmel, A. (eds) Plateau Uplift. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69219-2_25

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