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  • New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Jan 2018)

    2018-01-02 | Christoph Grützner in Paper, Uncategorized | 2 responses

    I hope you’ve had a great start into the new year. A lot of new and exciting papers have been published at the end of the old one, including work on New Zealand and Europe. Enjoy reading and have fantastic new year 2018!

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  • A Holocene surface rupture in Germany

    2016-02-13 | Christoph Grützner in Earthquake, Paper | 4 responses

    I am quite happy that our new paper has finally been published in GJI. We worked on a fault between Aachen and Cologne in Germany and found that there has been a surface rupturing earthquake less than 9000 years ago, and possibly not much older than 2500 years BP. The area is of interest also because in 1755/56 a series of damaging earthquakes hit Düren and its surroundings – these are the strongest historical events in Germany that we know of. The quakes were felt as far away as Berlin, Strasbourg, and London, yet there were no primary ruptures. “Our” quake must have been much stronger… more