Mobility of Tectonic Zones in the Northern Part of the Moravo-Silesian Region and Their Earthquake Activity

 

Resolved in:

1997 - 1999

Principal investigator:

RNDr. Vladimír Schenk, Dr.Sc., Laboratory of Geodynamics, IRSM AS CR, v.v.i.

Co-investigators:

RNDr. Zdeněk Kaláb, CSc., Institute of Geonics of the ASCR, v. v. i., Ostrava
Doc. Ing. Radomír Grygar, C.Sc., Department of Geological Engineering, Technical University of Ostrava

Description:

The geodynamic network EAST SUDETEN with ten sites in the Czech territory and seven sites in the Polish territory was established in 1997. Three GPS campaigns were realised at this network in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999. The GPS receivers Ashtech Z-12 monitoring satellite signals of the American system NAVSTAR GPS were used for the determination of absolute positions of the sites. Data obtained during GPS measurements were processed with the software Bernese 4.2 RMS errors in the determination of the horizontal coordinates did not exceed 2 millimetres and errors in the determination of the vertical coordinates 5-6 millimetres. After three campaigns it was possible three geodynamic terranes to be identified in the northern part of the Moravo-Silesian region. Two seismic stations were installed in Hradec nad Moravicí (HRMC) and in Zlaté Hory (ZLHC) in 1997. Due to the shut down of all eperations in mine in Zlaté Hory the seismic station was moved to Žáry near Město Albrechtice (ZARC) in 1998. The stations registered local seismic events including three local earthquakes near Opava with M< 1 and mining induced seismic events. In the Moravo-Silesian region a geological structure-tectonic mapping of brittle deformations was correlated with data of the digital terrain model. Measurements of the brittle tectonic and the structural mapping were focused on a rejuvenation of Variscan deformations.

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