The application of electrical resistivity tomography and gravimetric survey as useful tools in an active tectonics study of the Sudetic Marginal Fault (Bohemian Massif, central Europe)

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-80

  Stěpančíkova, Petra ^a   Dohnal, Jiří ^b   Pánek, Tomáš ^c   Łój, Monika ^d   Smolková, Veronika ^c   Šilhán, Karel ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^d AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Bohemian Massif; Electrical resistivity tomography; Gravimetric survey; Sudetic Marginal Fault; Trenching

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRIC SURVEY; SUDETIC MARGINAL FAULT;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRENCHING;

SURVEYS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GRAVIMETRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOLOGY; SLIP RATE; TRENCH;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 79955515322     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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