Abstract
Structural and tectonic information concerning the karstic massif in Albanian Alps situated NE from the Boge settlement has been analyzed. The massif is built up of Jurassic limestones, deformed at the end of the Eocene. The type of water-bearing system is jointed-karstic. The direction of the principal tectonic stress axes Ϭ1, Ϭ2 and Ϭ3 having acted on the massif from Early Jurassic time up to present days have been determined by analyzing the dispersion of the pairs conjugate shear joints as well as tectonic striations and one fault-plane solution from an earthquake near the region of investigations. The Pyrenees tectonic phase deformations have favoured opening of the joint systems striking a NE-SW. Faults playa control role about atmospheric waters drainage as well as about mechanical transportation of debris and deep up to several hundred meter precipices open around them mainly in brecciated zones. The erosion velocity is dominating on the process of massif uplift during the Quaternary, and many of superficial karstic forms are filled up by del uvial material.
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