Fault Segmentation and Seismic Hazard of Intraplate Faults: Comparative study of the Mariánské Lázně Fault (Bohemian Massif) and La Marche fault (Massif Central)

Fault Segmentation and Seismic Hazard of Intraplate Faults: Comparative study of the Mariánské Lázně Fault (Bohemian Massif) and La Marche fault (Massif Central)

The project aims to assess Quaternary tectonic activity of selected faults in Czechia and France to improve knowledge of past earthquakes, fault segmentation, and their impact on seismic hazard assessment. Research will focus on the Mariánské Lázně Fault (MLF) in the Bohemian Massif and the La Marche Fault in the Massif Central. On the MLF, paleoseismological trenching, geomorphologicaql mapping, and geophsical surveys will reconstruct faulting history, date past surface-ruptirung events and clarify spatial and temporal variability between segments. The MLF, notable for its seismicity and morhology, provides a key site for testing models of rupture propagation. The La Marche Fault, although morhologically well expresses, has not yet been confirmed as active; it will be examined using geomorpological indicators and  geophysical profiling to access its role in intraplate stress concentration. Joint filed campaigns will integrate methods, exchange expertise, train young researchers, and expand datasets, strengthening cooperation and future seismic hazard research.

Grant No.

CNRS-26-12 (Mobility Plus project (MPP)

Grant Agency

The Czech Academy of Sciences (the CAS)/Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France

Resolved in

2026 - 2027

Principal investigator

Mgr. Jan Flašar, Ph.D.
Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS

Member of the research team:
RNDr. Mgr. Petra Štěpančíková, Ph.D.
prof. Thomas Rockwell, Ph.D.
RNDr. Petr Tábořík, PhD. et Ph.D
RNDr. Jakub Stemberk, Ph.D.

Co-investigators

Dr. Yann Klinger
Institut de Psysique du Globe de Paris

Member of the research team:
Adrein Moulin
Perrine Salvan

State
Current