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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-533-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-6-533-2015
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, O. Heidbach, K. Reiter, S. B. Giger, and P. Marschall

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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.