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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

  • New papers on paleoseismology, tsunami, and active tectonics (Feb 2016)

    2016-02-05 | Christoph Grützner in Paper

    Here’s the February edition of my paper recommendations. This time we have:

    • Paleoseismology in Germany and Nepal (the latter with a focus on charcoal dating techniques),
    • Tsunamis in Greece, Portugal, Israel and Alaska,
    • Turbidites in Portugal,
    • New insights into the geodynamics of Mozambique,
    • Fault rheology in Iran,
    • Rupture jumps on strike‐slip faults, and
    • A MATLAB tool for seismic hazard calculations.

    Enjoy!

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