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Results of Analysis of Digital Elevation Models Used Site Selection for Paleoseismological Investigations at the Rurrand Fault

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

K.G. Hinzen ,
K. Reamer  and
T. Rose
K.G. Hinzen
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln, Department of Earthquake Geology, Vinzenz-Pallotti-Str. 26, D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach; e-mail: hinzen@uni-koeln.de
K. Reamer
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln, Department of Earthquake Geology, Vinzenz-Pallotti-Str. 26, D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach; e-mail: hinzen@uni-koeln.de
T. Rose
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln, Department of Earthquake Geology, Vinzenz-Pallotti-Str. 26, D-51429 Bergisch Gladbach; e-mail: hinzen@uni-koeln.de
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Abstract

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Topographic and morphologic models based on detailed Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of the Rur Graben, in particular a 33 km section of the Rurrand Fault, proved to be essential in preliminary investigations for the site selection of a trench for detailed paleoseismological investigations. The entire DEM in the 33 km Jülich-Düren area displayed as a color-shaded terrain map clearly illustrates the main features of the eastern border fault of the Rur Graben. As investigations concentrated on the 8x6 km Stetternich-Hambach section of the Rurrand fault, the use of contoured topographic, gray-shaded terrain and terrain slope maps helped delineate the main features of the surface fault expression. On the basis of topographic profiles constructed from the DEM, no fault scarp could be identified; however, the detailed surveying results from two geophysical profiles correlated well with the topographic data.

Keywords

Lower Rhine Embaymentpaleoseismologydigital elevation modelshaded terrain mapRur Grabenearthquakes
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 80 , Issue 3-4 , December 2001 , pp. 109 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2001

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