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Russian Geology and Geophysics

2006 year, number 2

STRUCTURE AND STRESS FIELD OF FAULTED CRUST ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF LAKE BAIKAL

A.V. Cheremnykh
Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the RAS,
128 ul. Lermontova, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
Keywords: Fault, block, stress, neotectonics, Ust'-Barguzin, Lake Baikal
Pages: 257-264

Abstract

The paper addresses the structure and stress field of faulted upper crust on the eastern side of Lake Baikal. The reported structural map of the study area provides details of crustal heterogeneity and images major fault-bounded blocks. The regional stress field was studied along the mapped faults by structural and tectonophysical methods. The obtained stress pattern indicates faulting in shear and extension environments.