Seismicity and seismotectonics of the Albstadt Shear Zone in the northern Alpine foreland

Mader, Sarah; Ritter, Joachim R. R.; Reicherter, Klaus; the AlpArray Working Group,

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1389-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1389-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1389-2021

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16 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2021

Seismicity and seismotectonics of the Albstadt Shear Zone in the northern Alpine foreland

Sarah Mader, Joachim R. R. Ritter, Klaus Reicherter, and the AlpArray Working Group

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ED: Publish as is (13 Apr 2021) by CharLotte Krawczyk (Executive editor)

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Short summary

The Albstadt Shear Zone, SW Germany, is an active rupture zone with sometimes damaging earthquakes but no visible surface structure. To identify its segmentations, geometry, faulting pattern and extension, we analyze the continuous earthquake activity in 2011–2018. We find a segmented N–S-oriented fault zone with mainly horizontal and minor vertical movement along mostly NNE- and some NNW-oriented rupture planes. The main horizontal stress is oriented NW and due to Alpine-related loading.