The influence of tectonics on the land forms in west Jutland, Denmark

摘要

The structural development and its influence on the present land forms is discussed on the basis of the reflection seismic and gravity data. The study area covers the western part of Jutland which was not glaciated during the Weichselian and is delimited by two Weichsel main stationary lines: the line extending from west to east and the line extending from north to south (these two lines join at Dollerup). The southern border of the study area corresponds approximately to the northern limit of the buried Ringk?bing-Fyn High. In this part of west Jutland the base Zechstein faults can be traced to the surface where they control the drainage system. The faults are mainly NW-SE trending strike slip faults which are active also at the present time. Zechstein evaporates are present in the entire area discussed here.