Category Archives For: Centerfault

  • 2010 rupture
    6 May 2012 Christoph Grützner SSA meeting in San Diego (& excursion to active faults!) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/05/06/ssa-meeting-in-san-diego-excursion-to-active-faults/ Klaus and me went to the SSA 2012 annual meeting in San Diego in April. The conference was great and very focussed. I really...
  • Virginia EQ
    24 Aug 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (8) – Virginia M5.8 Earthquake http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/08/24/the-wednesday-centerfault-8-virginia-m5-8-earthquake/ Yesterday, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake happened near Mineral, Virginia in a depth of 6 km only (37.936°N, 77.933°W) with a thrust faulting mechanism. Media...
  • Dead Sea Rift overview
    13 Jul 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (7) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/07/13/the-wednesday-centerfault-7/ This week’s centerfault is a very prominent one that you will know for sure – the Dead Sea Fault. The sinistral strike-slip fault marks...
  • CFZ featured
    6 Jul 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (6) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/07/06/the-wednesday-centerfault-6/ This day’s Centerfault is one of the longest and best investigated faults in Spain, the sinistral Carboneras Fault Zone (CFZ) in Andalusia (36.85°N, 2.25°W)....
  • Morphology of the Ventas de Zafarraya Fault (SRTM data).
    1 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (5) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/01/the-wednesday-centerfault-5/ After we dealt with some faults in Greece, let’s move to Spain. The Ventas de Zafarraya Fault (VZF) west of the Granada basin (36.96°...
  • The Sparta Fault
    25 May 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (4) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/05/25/the-wednesday-centerfault-4/ This day’s Centerfault is the Sparta Fault in southern Greece (37.1°N 23.3°E). Being situated on the Peloponessus, the fault marks one of the most...
  • Fault scarp at Arkitsa
    22 May 2011 Tomas Fernandez-Steeger The Wednesday Centerfault (3) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/05/22/the-wednesday-centerfault-3-on-sunday/ This week´s Centerfault is the famous Arkitsa Fault in Greece (38.43°N, 23.00°E). Along this about 500 m long and locally more than 40 m high...
  • corinth_canal2
    5 May 2011 Tomas Fernandez-Steeger The Wednesday Centerfault (2) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/05/05/the-wednesday-centerfault-2-2/ This week´s Centerfault is not a single fault or scarp but a very nice view from normal faults in an staircase style in the...
  • Kaparelli Fault, Greece
    27 Apr 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (1) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/04/27/the-wednesday-centerfault-1/ It’s not easy to prepare weekly Friday links when you are abroad, this is what I had to realize in April. However, I will...