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could be attributed to possible buried deep cross structures as suggested by Dufréchou etal., (2011). The dip angles <strong>of</strong> the nodal planes vary in average from 32° to 60° to the SWdirection <strong>and</strong> between 52° <strong>and</strong> 58° to the NE (Figure 5.9c). The P-axes are mainlysubhorizontal <strong>and</strong> their average orientation is NE-SW. The regional compression stressorientation proposed by Zoback <strong>and</strong> Zoback (1991) is similar to this orientation.WQ3 is located in south-eastern part <strong>of</strong> the Mont Laurier region, Figure 5.10ashows the focal plane solutions for the events in WQ3 cluster. Most <strong>of</strong> the events in thiscluster show reverse type focal mechanism. There are only a few events with a strike-slipcomponent <strong>and</strong> one event (C13) which is almost pure strike-slip. The strike orientation <strong>of</strong>the nodal planes in this cluster varies in wide angle around almost E-W direction (~ 100 -280°) <strong>and</strong> some in NE-SW. This direction is consistent with the trend <strong>of</strong> pre-existingfaults or shear zones in general E-W direction within this cluster (Figure 5.5). There arealso some planes with NNE-SSW strike (~22 - 202°). The dip angles <strong>of</strong> the nodal planesvary between 36° <strong>and</strong> 84°. The pressure axes for this cluster are sub-horizontal, mostlywith NE-SW trend (~50 -240°), varying from N-S to E-W.77

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