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Holocene surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Dinaric Fault System, western Slovenia
Christoph Grützner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Simone Aschenbrenner
Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
now at: Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
Petra Jamšek Rupnik
Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Klaus Reicherter
Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Nour Saifelislam
Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Blaž Vičič
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste,
34151, Italy
Marko Vrabec
Department of Geology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000,
Slovenia
Julian Welte
Institute of Geological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
Kamil Ustaszewski
Institute of Geological Sciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena, 07749 Jena, Germany
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Short summary
Several large strike-slip faults in western Slovenia are known to be active, but most of them have not produced strong earthquakes in historical times. In this study we use geomorphology, near-surface geophysics, and fault excavations to show that two of these faults had surface-rupturing earthquakes during the Holocene. Instrumental and historical seismicity data do not capture the strongest events in this area.
Several large strike-slip faults in western Slovenia are known to be active, but most of them...
