Intraplate paleostresses reconstructed with calcite twinning and faulting: improved method and application to the eastern Paris Basin (Lorraine, France)

Rocher, M.; Cushing, Edward Marc; Lemeille, Francis; Lozac'h, Yannick; Angelier, Jacques

doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.03.002

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“…foreland compiled by Lacombe et al (1996b) and completed by data from the Lorraine platform and Wight island by Rocher et al (2004). Most sites show a polyphase tectonic history with generally various paleostress trends, but in most cases one of the identified trends is oriented roughly N-S, i.e., perpendicular to the Pyrenean-Provence thrust front.…”

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“…12a). For samples displaying different grain sizes, a grain size-critical resolved shear stress relationship has been tentatively proposed by Rocher et al (2004); it is currently being improved. To compare, the critical resolved shear stress required for twinning to occur in dolomite is much higher than in calcite (Wenk et al, 1983), about 100 MPa (Tullis, 1980), which precludes occurrence of dolomite mechanical twinning at low stress levels.…”

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“…Taking into account an average stress/depth gradient of 23-25 MPa/km (e.g., Lacombe, 2007), the 80-100 MPa magnitude close to the front corresponds to a probable depth of 3-4 km, while the 20-30 MPa minimum should have prevailed at a depth of ~1 km. However, the decay of differential stresses is considered Appalachian-Ouchita foreland (Craddock et al, 1993) Appalachian foreland (Van der Pluijm et al, 1997) North Pyrenean-Alpine foreland (data after Lacombe et al, 1996b;Rocher et al, 2004) (Location of profile in Fig. 9 If one considers that the fall-off of stress magnitudes is significant only within the 700 km interval from the front, the dashed curves define a possible (nearly) exponential trend of decrease of stress magnitudes in this interval, while the range between the linear dashed lines defines a possible linear trend of decrease of stress magnitudes in the same interval, until an intraplate stress background value of 20 MPa is reached (grey colored domain).…”

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“…Calcite twins have also been used to decipher the (often polyphase) tectonic history of sedimentary basins, including successive extensional and compressional stress regimes as in the south Aquitaine basin (Rocher et al, 2000), the southern Rhinegraben (Larroque and Laurent, 1988), or the Paris basin (Lacombe et al, 1990(Lacombe et al, , 1994Rocher et al, 2004), among others. This paper does not intend at providing a detailed review of the geometry and appearance of calcite twins; the reader can refer to the paper by Burkhard (1993).…”

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Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable Orogenic Forelands

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2010

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Résumé -Les macles de la calcite, un outil pour les études tectoniques dans les chaînes plissées et les avant-pays peu déformés des orogènes -Les macles de la calcite sont utilisées depuis longtemps comme indicateurs de paléocontraintes et comme marqueurs de la déformation finie, en orientations comme en grandeurs. Au cours des 15 dernières années, des améliorations importantes des méthodes d'analyses existantes ont été réalisées et ont donné lieu à de nouvelles applications dans les chaînes plissées et les avant-pays peu déformés des orogènes. Cet article résume le principe des méthodes les plus utilisées en tectonique et illustre quelques apports de l'analyse des macles de la calcite pour la caractérisation non seulement des orientations et des grandeurs des paléocontraintes et de la déformation finie, mais également dans une certaine mesure de la paléotempérature et du paléoenfouissement. Cette revue se fonde en grande partie sur les études régionales que j'ai effectuées dans des contextes géologiques variés, comme les avant-pays des chaînes de Taiwan, des Pyrénées, du Zagros, des Rocheuses et des Albanides. Cet article discutera également la contribution de l'étude des macles de la calcite à la compréhension de la transmission des contraintes orogéniques en domaine intraplaque. Abstract -Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable OrogenicForelands -Calcite twins have been used for a long time as indicators of stress/strain orientations and magnitudes. Recent developments during the last 15 years point toward significant improvements of existing techniques as well as new applications of calcite twin analysis in thrust belts and forelands. This paper summarizes the principles of the most common techniques in this tectonic field and illustrates some aspects of the use of calcite twins to constrain not only stress/strain orientations and magnitudes, but also to some extent paleotemperature or paleoburial in orogenic forelands. This review is based in a large part on the studies that I conducted in various geological settings such as the forelands of Taiwan, Pyrenees, Zagros, Rockies and Albanides orogens. The contribution of calcite twin analysis to the understanding of the intraplate stress transmission away from plate boundaries is also emphasized.

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“…They are essentially limited to the Gondrecourt and Marne grabens, on the boundary of the sector studied (André et al, 2004;Rocher et al, 2004). …”

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The application of high-resolution 3D seismic data to model the distribution of mechanical and hydrogeological properties of a potential host rock for the deep storage of radioactive waste in France

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2014

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In the context of deep geological disposal of high level radioactive wastes, the French National Modeling of mechanical parameters such as shear modulus, young modulus, bulk modulus indicates weak variability of these parameters which confirm the homogeneity of the Callovo-Oxfordian clay. 3D modeling of a permeability index (Ik-Seis) computed from seismic attributes (instantaneous frequency, envelope, elastic impedance) and validated at the reference borehole shows promising potential for supporting hydrogeological simulation.

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Fingerprinting stress: Stylolite and calcite twinning paleopiezometry revealing the complexity of progressive stress patterns during folding—The case of the Monte Nero anticline in the Apennines, Italy

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In this study we show for the first time how quantitative stress estimates can be derived by combining calcite twinning and stylolite roughness stress fingerprinting techniques in a fold-and-thrust belt. First, we present a new method that gives access to stress inversion using tectonic stylolites without access to the stylolite surface and compare results with calcite twin inversion. Second, we use our new approach to present a high-resolution deformation and stress history that affected Meso-Cenozoic limestone strata in the Monte Nero Anticline during its late Miocene-Pliocene growth in the Umbria-Marche Arcuate Ridge (northern Apennines, Italy). In this area an extensive stylolite-joint/vein network developed during layer-parallel shortening (LPS), as well as during and after folding. Stress fingerprinting illustrates how stress in the sedimentary strata did build up prior to folding during LPS. The stress regime oscillated between strike slip and compressional during LPS before ultimately becoming strike slip again during late stage fold tightening. Our case study shows that high-resolution stress fingerprinting is possible and that this novel method can be used to unravel temporal relationships that relate to local variations of regional orogenic stresses. Beyond regional implications, this study validates our approach as a new powerful toolbox to high-resolution stress fingerprinting in basins and orogens combining joint and vein analysis with sedimentary and tectonic stylolite and calcite twin inversion techniques.

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Intraplate paleostresses reconstructed with calcite twinning and faulting: improved method and application to the eastern Paris Basin (Lorraine, France)

Cited by 47 publications

References 31 publications

Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable Orogenic Forelands

Calcite Twins, a Tool for Tectonic Studies in Thrust Belts and Stable Orogenic Forelands

The application of high-resolution 3D seismic data to model the distribution of mechanical and hydrogeological properties of a potential host rock for the deep storage of radioactive waste in France

Fingerprinting stress: Stylolite and calcite twinning paleopiezometry revealing the complexity of progressive stress patterns during folding—The case of the Monte Nero anticline in the Apennines, Italy

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