The structure of the Hallstatt evaporite body (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria): A compressive diapir superposed by strike-slip shear?

The low strength of halite results in recent subvertical shortening and a strain rate ε˙ of 8 × 10−10 [s−1] is deduced from deformed subhorizontal boreholes. This value is similar to such strain rates (10−10 to 10−9 s−1) estimated by the halite grain size distribution from other salt mines in the NCA and thus indicative of sub-recent formation of the halite microfabrics.