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Research article
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21 May 2015
Research article |
| 21 May 2015
Stress field sensitivity analysis in a sedimentary sequence of the Alpine foreland, northern Switzerland
T. Hergert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Adenauerring 20b, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
now at: TU Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Schnittspahnstr. 9, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
O. Heidbach
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard and Stress Field, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
K. Reiter
University of Potsdam, Inst. of Earth and Environmental Science, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 2.6 Seismic Hazard and Stress Field, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
now at: TU Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Schnittspahnstr. 9, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
S. B. Giger
NAGRA, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
P. Marschall
NAGRA, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, 5430 Wettingen, Switzerland
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Short summary
A numerical model integrating the structure and mechanical properties of a sedimentary sequence in the Alpine foreland is presented to show that topography, tectonic faults and, most of all, spatialy variable rock properties affect the state of stress at depth. The tectonic forces acting on the sequence are primarily taken up by the stiff rock units leaving the weaker units in a stress shadow.
A numerical model integrating the structure and mechanical properties of a sedimentary sequence...
