Author: Scheidegger, Adrian E. ; editor :
Title: Tectonic Stresses in the Alpine-Mediterranean Region: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Vienna Austria, September 13-14, 1979
Description: Wien / New York, Springer-Verlag, 1980. orig. wrappers. 24x16cm, 255 pages. Series: Rock Mechanics, Supplementum 9 .. Name on title. Some wear. Good. ¶ Contents: Theme 1 In Situ Stress Measurements: Stress Fields, Fracture Systems and the Mechanism for Movements in the Gneiss-Granite Area of the Mont Blanc Massif.- Tectonic Stresses in the Northern Foreland of the Alpine System. Measurements and Interpretation.- Tectonic Stresses in France.- In Situ Stress Measurements in Greece.- In Situ Stress Measurements in Austria.- In Situ Stress Measurements in Italy.- In Situ Strain Measurements in Libya.- Theme 2 Stresses Inferred from Fault Plane Solutions of Earthquakes: Crustal Stresses Inferred from Fault-Plane Solutions of Earthquakes and Neotectonic Deformation in Switzerland.- Seismic Stresses in Southern Germany.- Seismic Stresses in the Region Azores - Spain - Western Mediterranean.- On the Focal Mechanism of Italian Earthquakes.- Theme 3 Geomorphic and Geological Effects of Stresses: Geomorphological Problems in the Alps.- Alpine Joints and Valleys in the Light of the Neotectonic Stress Field.- Tectonic Stresses as Determined from the Character of Fault Systems in the Bohemian Massif.- Mathematical Representation of the Fracture Field in the Venetian Alps (NE Italy). Preliminary Results.- Theme 4 Petrofabrics and Stresses: Palaeo- and Recent Stress Fields in Tunisia and Libya from the Cenozoic Structural Bearing.- Microstructures and Stresses in Naturally Deformed Peridotites.- Paleo-Stress Fields Around the Mediterranean Since the Mesozoic from Microtectonics. Comparison with Plate Tectonic Data.- Theme 5 Recent Displacements: Vertical Movements in Switzerland....

Keywords: Geophysics, Geology, Earthquakes, Seismology, Geomorphology, Alps Alpine, Mediterranean, Tectonics, Tectonic Stresses, Geodynamics