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Recent surface displacements in the Upper Rhine Graben -- Preliminary results from geodetic networks

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Datasets of the GNSS Upper Rhine Graben Network (GURN) and the national levelling networks in Germany, France and Switzerland are investigated with respect to current surface displacements in the Upper Rhine Graben (URG) area. GURN consists of about 80 permanent GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) stations. The terres- trial levelling network comprises 1st and 2nd order levelling lines that have been remeasured at intervals of rough- ly 25 years, starting in 1922. Compared to earlier studies national institutions and private companies made available raw data, allowing for consistent solutions for the URG region. We focussed on the southern and eastern parts of the investigation area. Our preliminary results show that the levelling and GNSS datasets are sensitive to resolve small surface displacement rates down to an order of magnitude of 0.2 mm/a and 0.4 mm/a, respectively. The observed horizontal velocity components for a test region south of Strasbourg, obtained from GNSS coordinate time series, vary around 0.5 mm/a. The results are in general agreement with interseismic strain built-up in a si- nistral strike-slip regime. Since the accuracy of the GNSS derived vertical component is insufficient, data of precise levelling networks is used to determine vertical displacement rates. More than 75% of the vertical rates obtained from a kinematic adjustment of 1st order levelling lines in the eastern part of URG vary between −0.2 mm/a and +0.2 mm/a, indicating that this region behaves stable. Higher rates up to 0.5 mm/a in a limited region south of Freiburg are in general agreement with active faulting. We conclude that both networks deliver stable re- sults that reflect real surface movements in the URG area. We note, however, that geodetically observed surface displacements generally result from a superposition of different effects, and that a separation in tectonic and non-tectonic processes needs additional information and expertise.

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hal-00853429 , version 1 (22-08-2013)

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Thomas Fuhrmann, Bernhard Heck, Andreas Knopfler, Frédéric Masson, Michael Mayer, et al.. Recent surface displacements in the Upper Rhine Graben -- Preliminary results from geodetic networks. Tectonophysics, 2013, 602, pp.300-315. ⟨10.1016/j.tecto.2012.10.012⟩. ⟨hal-00853429⟩
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