2007
DOI: 10.7202/032965ar
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Pop-Up Structures and the Fracture Pattern in the Balsam Lake Area, Southern Ontario

Abstract: An examination of topographic lineaments detectable in Landsat TM images and measurement of joints in outcrop in the Balsam Lake area reveals a systematic bedrock fracture pattern with three principal sets oriented 091°, 027°, and 152°. The 027° trend is parallel to a major aeromagnetic anomaly, the Niagara-Pickering Linear Zone (NPLZ), which underlies the Balsam Lake area and is thought to mark the sub-Paleozoic continuation of the Proterozoic Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary Zone (CMBBZ). Possible origi… Show more

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“…In any given area the crestal fractures are aligned [21], whereas they would be randomly oriented, though probably following contours, if due to unloading. They do not display a preferred aspect as could be anticipated if related to insolation and their reported occurrence in cold regions such as Labrador [22] and the Sierra Nevada of California [23], on lake floors [24] and pos-sibly beneath soil cover [25] confirm this conclusion. The granitic bedrock shows no evidence of significant alteration by weathering or by biochemical action, negating any suggestion of possible rupture due to volume increase.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…In any given area the crestal fractures are aligned [21], whereas they would be randomly oriented, though probably following contours, if due to unloading. They do not display a preferred aspect as could be anticipated if related to insolation and their reported occurrence in cold regions such as Labrador [22] and the Sierra Nevada of California [23], on lake floors [24] and pos-sibly beneath soil cover [25] confirm this conclusion. The granitic bedrock shows no evidence of significant alteration by weathering or by biochemical action, negating any suggestion of possible rupture due to volume increase.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…Cushing et al (1910), Sbar and Sykes (1973), and later Wallach et al (1993) reached a similar conclusion concerning the buckled arches or pop-ups located in eastern Canada and adjacent parts of the USA (see also Rutty and Cruden, 1993;Thomas et al, 1993). Two caveats need to be entered, however.…”
Section: A-tents and Horizontal Compressive Stressmentioning
confidence: 83%