Intra-continental earthquake swarms in West-Bohemia and Vogtland: A review

DEM-Based Analysis of Interactions between Tectonics and Landscapes in the Ore Mountains and Eger Rift (East Germany and NW Czech Republic)

“…Although the Eger Rift and the Ore Mountains were intensively explored geologically and geophysically (e.g., [34,35]), only a few studies investigated recent or active tectonics (e.g., [36][37][38]) as the lack of young stratigraphic markers prevents a detailed analysis of recent fault activity. During most of the twentieth century, the Bohemian Massif, as well as Central Europe were regarded as a stable intra-continental region.…”

The influence of crustal scattering on translational and rotational motions in regional and teleseismic coda waves

“…These differences can be explained to a large extent by the isotropic source radiation used in our modelling or by a Q P i /Q S i ratio that is different from the theoretical value assumed here. An influence of the radiation pattern is plausible because we average over different earthquakes while constructing the reference envelopes, but apparently the similarity of the source processes (Fischer et al 2013) hinders an efficient averaging of the radiation pattern during stacking. In contrast the coda of the S wave can be modelled well.…”

Drilling into an active mofette: pilot-hole study of the impact of CO<sub>2</sub>-rich mantle-derived fluids on the geo–bio interaction in the western Eger Rift (Czech Republic)

“…1). The strongest registered earthquakes reached local magnitudes of M L 4.5 (Fischer et al, 2014). Active fault zones very likely represent migration pathways for the degassing of mantle-derived CO 2 that causes intense mofette activity (Kämpf et al, 2013;Nickschick et al, 2015Nickschick et al, , 2017, while the ascent of magmas and the fluid activity probably constitute the forcing mechanisms of the seismic activity (Bräuer et al, 2003(Bräuer et al, , 2008(Bräuer et al, , 2011Dahm et al, 2008;Fischer et al, 2014).…”

“…The combination of intense CO 2 -rich mantle degassing, ongoing seismic activity including earthquakes swarms and microbiological activity that occurs in the Cheb Basin (western Eger Rift, Czech Republic; Fig. 1) is exceptional and allows the study of bio-geo interactions as part of active geodynamic processes in the lithosphere (Kämpf et al, 1989(Kämpf et al, , 2013Wagner et al, 2007;Bräuer et al, 2007Bräuer et al, , 2008Bräuer et al, , 2011Bräuer et al, , 2014Dahm et al, 2013;Fischer et al, 2014Fischer et al, , 2017Alawi et al, 2015;Schuessler et al, 2016).…”