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Post-glacial faulting in the Lansjaerv area, Northern Sweden. Comments from the expert group on a field visit at the Molberget post-glacial fault area, 1991

Abstract

Post-glacial faults have been recognized in the northern Baltic shield for several decades. It is important to evaluate whether such neotectonic movements can lead to new fracturing or decisively alter the geohydrological or geohydrochemical situation around a final repository for spent nuclear fuel. The post-glacial Lansjaerv fault was chosen for an interdisciplinary study because of its relative accessibility. The goals of the study were to assess the mechanisms that caused present day scraps, to clarify the extent of any recent fracturing and to clarify the extent of any ongoing movements. All these objectives were reasonably met through a series of studies, which have been performed by SKB during 1986-1992 in two phases. This report gives a summary of the first phase of the Lansjaerv study (1986-1989) and describes achievements that have been gained during the second phase of the study. As a final of the field-work in the Lansjaerv area a meeting combined with a field excursion was arranged by SKB in June 1991 for a group of international experts. Comments from the expert group on the excursion and the overall Lansjaerv project are presented. One of the major conclusions is that the Lansjaerv post-glacial fault reactivated pre-existing old structures  More>>
Authors:
Stanfors, R; [1]  Ericsson, L O [2] 
  1. ed.; RS Consulting AB (Sweden)
  2. Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm (Sweden)
Publication Date:
May 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
SKB-TR-93-11
Reference Number:
SCA: 540250; 052002; PA: AIX-25:009022; EDB-94:039844; ERA-19:010408; NTS-94:015167; SN: 94001151362
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1993
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; GLACIERS; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SWEDEN; TECTONICS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; 540250; 052002; SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
OSTI ID:
10126947
Research Organizations:
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm (Sweden)
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94613164; TRN: SE9300329009022
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS; INIS
Submitting Site:
SWDN
Size:
91 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 04, 2005

Citation Formats

Stanfors, R, and Ericsson, L O. Post-glacial faulting in the Lansjaerv area, Northern Sweden. Comments from the expert group on a field visit at the Molberget post-glacial fault area, 1991. Sweden: N. p., 1993. Web.
Stanfors, R, & Ericsson, L O. Post-glacial faulting in the Lansjaerv area, Northern Sweden. Comments from the expert group on a field visit at the Molberget post-glacial fault area, 1991. Sweden.
Stanfors, R, and Ericsson, L O. 1993. "Post-glacial faulting in the Lansjaerv area, Northern Sweden. Comments from the expert group on a field visit at the Molberget post-glacial fault area, 1991." Sweden.
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title = {Post-glacial faulting in the Lansjaerv area, Northern Sweden. Comments from the expert group on a field visit at the Molberget post-glacial fault area, 1991}
author = {Stanfors, R, and Ericsson, L O}
abstractNote = {Post-glacial faults have been recognized in the northern Baltic shield for several decades. It is important to evaluate whether such neotectonic movements can lead to new fracturing or decisively alter the geohydrological or geohydrochemical situation around a final repository for spent nuclear fuel. The post-glacial Lansjaerv fault was chosen for an interdisciplinary study because of its relative accessibility. The goals of the study were to assess the mechanisms that caused present day scraps, to clarify the extent of any recent fracturing and to clarify the extent of any ongoing movements. All these objectives were reasonably met through a series of studies, which have been performed by SKB during 1986-1992 in two phases. This report gives a summary of the first phase of the Lansjaerv study (1986-1989) and describes achievements that have been gained during the second phase of the study. As a final of the field-work in the Lansjaerv area a meeting combined with a field excursion was arranged by SKB in June 1991 for a group of international experts. Comments from the expert group on the excursion and the overall Lansjaerv project are presented. One of the major conclusions is that the Lansjaerv post-glacial fault reactivated pre-existing old structures and that the causes of the post-glacial movements is a combination of plate tectonics and deglaciation.}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1993}
month = {May}
}