Seeking for parameters of seismogenic faults by combined methodology in slowly deforming terrains in Czechia and Bulgaria

Seeking for parameters of seismogenic faults by combined methodology in slowly deforming terrains in Czechia and Bulgaria

Applicant teams include experienced scientists and young researchers that localize and characterize seismogenic faults required for improving seismic hazard assessment (SHA). The both teams already worked together on active faults in Czechia and Bulgaria during previous joined mobility project. New fault traces were discovered and important paleoseismic data obtained. Intended continued cooperation under the proposed project aims to obtain new data for further and deeper understanding the faults behaviour. The scope of the project in Czechia is to obtain more precise paleoseismic data for selected faults, such as the Mariánské Lázně fault and newly also the Krušné hory Mts fault to determine fault parameters based on dated offset features (slip, slip-rate, etc.). This will enable more reliable SHA calculations in future for the Bohemian Massif. In Bulgaria, the work will be addressed to faults along Balkan range front, such as Devene fault and North Sofia fault. The primary scope will be to find ruptured young sediments and landforms that allow reconstruction of earthquake history.

Grant No.

BAS-25-10 (Mobility Plus Projects, MPP)

Grant Agency

The Czech Academy of Sciences/Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bilateral cooperation is based on agreements between the CAS and its partner organisations abroad.

Resolved in

2025-2026

Principal investigator

RNDr. Mgr. Petra Štěpančíková, Ph.D.
Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS

Member of the research team:
prof. Thomas Rockwell, Ph.D.
RNDr. Petr Tábořík, PhD. et Ph.D
Mgr. Jan Flašar, Ph.D.
RNDr. Jakub Stemberk, Ph.D.
Mgr. Leona Findžová
 

Co-investigators

Assoc. Prof. Alexander Radulov, Ph.D
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Member of the research team:
prof. Marlena Yaneva, PhD.
ass.prof. Konstantin Kostov, Ph.D
Yordanka Donkova, Ph.D
Mgr. Radoslav Kalchev
Mgr. Nikolai Nikolov
 

State
Current