MARIUS VISARION, LUCIAN BESUTIU
(ABSTRACT)
The paper mainly deals with the results of the investigations made to reveal the presence of major crustal faults crossing the Moho boundary on the Romanian territory. Except for a very few cases, such major crustal discontinuities were pointed out by using geophysical methods. Evidence for their location, nature and developments were provided during the time by gravity, magnetics, electromagnetic, or seismic researches. Following structural criteria, the crustal faults were grouped into two categories: faults located in the orogene areas and faults belonging to the platform regions. A third category, of faults located in between the orogene and platform areas may be considered too. One by one, every major crustal fault on the Romanian territory are described and geotectonic implications of their presence discussed. In the final section, a special attention is paid to the lithosphere structure and dynamics in the Vrancea area.
Key-words: crustal faults, geophysics, earthquakes, geodynamics, Romania