Session: The Challenge of Understanding Continental Intraplate Earthquakes (FRAGILE EARTH: Geological Processes from Global to Local Scales and Associated Hazards (4-7 September 2011))

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14:00

HOW COMPLETE ARE HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE RECORDS IN CENTRAL EUROPE?

NASIR, Asma¹, LENHARDT, Wolfgang A.², HINTERSBERGER, Esther¹ and DECKER, Kurt³, (1)Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (2)Geophysics, ZAMG, Hohe Warte 38, Vienna, 1190, Austria, (3)Center for Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, asma.nasir@univie.ac.at, asma.nasir@univie.ac.at

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14:15

AN UPDATED APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING PALEO-EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES FROM MULTIPLE TRENCH OBSERVATIONS

HINTERSBERGER, Esther, Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria and DECKER, Kurt, Center for Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, esther.hintersberger@univie.ac.at, esther.hintersberger@univie.ac.at

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14:30

GEOBIOSCIENCE: RED WOOD ANT MOUNDS AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR NEOTECTONIC EARTHQUAKE-BEARING FAULT SYSTEMS

BERBERICH, Gabriele, Department of Geology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany and SCHREIBER, Ulrich, Faculty of Biology, Geological Section, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, Essen, 45141, Germany, gabriele.berberich@uni-due.de, gabriele.berberich@uni-due.de

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14:45

MIGRATING EARTHQUAKES AND FAULTS SWITCHING ON AND OFF: A COMPLEX SYSTEM VIEW OF INTRACONTINENTAL EARTHQUAKES

STEIN, Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 and CALAIS, Eric, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, seth@earth.northwestern.edu, seth@earth.northwestern.edu

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15:00

FAULT INTERACTION AND EARTHQUAKES: INSIGHTS FROM NUMERICAL MODELING

LIU, Mian, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 and LUO, Gang, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, lium@missouri.edu, lium@missouri.edu

15:15

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15:35

SEISMOLOGICAL INDICATION AND GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE FOR QUATERNARY TO RECENT SHORTENING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN ALPINE FRONT (EASTERN FRANCE)

MADRITSCH, Herfried, Nagra, Hardstrasse 73, Wettingen, 5430, Switzerland, FABBRI, Olivier, Universitè de Franche Comté, Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement - UMR 6249, Route de Gray 16, Besançon, 25030, France, PREUSSER, Frank, Stockholm University, Institute for Physical Geography, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden and SCHMID, Stefan, ETH Zürich, Institut f. Geophysik, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, herfried.madritsch@nagra.ch, herfried.madritsch@nagra.ch

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15:50

SUMMARY OF PALEOSEISMIC RESEARCH ON A BORDER FAULT OF THE ROER VALLEY RIFT SYSTEM, BELGIUM

VANNESTE, Kris, VERBEECK, Koen and CAMELBEECK, Thierry, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, kris.vanneste@oma.be, kris.vanneste@oma.be

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16:05

EVIDENCE OF COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURING IN THE LOWER RHINE EMBAYMENT: A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR THE 1756 DüREN EARTHQUAKE

KÜBLER, Simon¹, FRIEDRICH, Anke M.¹ and STRECKER, Manfred R.², (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians University, Luisenstrasse 37, Munich, 80333, Germany, (2)Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University Potsdam, K.-Liebknecht-Str.24/25, Haus 27, Golm-Potsdam, 14476, Germany, kuebler@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de, kuebler@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de

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16:20

GEOMETRICAL FAULT SEGMENTATION AND ACTIVE KINEMATICS OF THE VIENNA BASIN STRIKE-SLIP FAULT

BEIDINGER, Andreas¹, DECKER, Kurt¹ and ROCH, Karl Heinz², (1)Center for Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (2)Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, Vienna, 1040, Austria, andreas.beidinger@univie.ac.at, andreas.beidinger@univie.ac.at

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16:35

LATE QUATERNARY FAULTING ON THE SUDETIC MARGINAL FAULT; BÍLÁ VODA SITE (BOHEMIAN MASSIF)

STEPANCIKOVA, Petra¹, NYVLT, Daniel², HOK, Jozef³ and HARTVICH, Filip¹, (1)Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, V Holesovickach 41, Prague, 182 09, Czech Republic, (2)Brno Branch, Czech Geological Survey, Leitnerova 22, Brno, 65869, Czech Republic, (3)Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, Bratislava, 842 15, Slovakia, petstep@centrum.cz, petstep@centrum.cz

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16:50

THE SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AULACOGEN: 300 MILLION YEARS OF INTRAPLATE TECTONIC INVERSION INCLUDING REPEATED EPISODES OF HOLOCENE REACTIVATION

KELLER, G. Randy¹, AL-REFAEE, Hamed², HOLLAND, Austin³, LUZA, Kenneth V.³ and GILBERT, M.C.², (1)Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (2)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Energy Center, Rm. N-131, Norman, OK 73019-0628, grkeller@ou.edu, grkeller@ou.edu

FRAGILE EARTH: Geological Processes from Global to Local Scales and Associated Hazards (4-7 September 2011)

T3B. The Challenge of Understanding Continental Intraplate Earthquakes