Project Details
Projekt
High-resolution reflection and refraction seismic characterization of the projected PIER-ICDP fluid monitoring sites in the Novy Kostel swarm earthquake region
Applicant
Professor Dr. Stefan Buske
Subject Area
Palaeontology
Geophysics
Geophysics
Term
from 2016 to 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 298847574
Reflection and refraction seismic surveys will be performed to characterize the subsurface in the vicinity of two projected ICDP fluid monitoring sites in the swarmquake area near Novy Kostel (CR). Two 3D reflection seismic surveys with ~1 km penetration depth will provide high-resolution images to optimize the exact drill locations at Hartousov in the Cheb Basin, and near Dolni Castkov in the crystalline bedrock of the Western Krusné hory foothills. They will be complemented by far-offset shots to improve the 3D imaging of steep faults at the target depth of ~500 m. Three additional fixed-spread reflection-and-refraction profiles will connect those surveys and embed the high-resolution 3D images of the two drill sites in a larger model of the area. The 2D refraction data will also provide detailed information on the seismic velocities at the target depth that is required for pre-stack migration of the 3D data. Modern seismic imaging and inversion tools (Fresnel-Volume Migration, Full Waveform Inversion) will be applied to analyze the data. The different surveys and methods will provide multi-scale/multi-parameter images of the projected drill sites and the uppermost crust in the NW Bohemia swarmquake area.
DFG Programme
Infrastructure Priority Programmes
International Connection
Austria, Czech Republic
Cooperation Partners
Professor Dr. Florian Bleibinhaus; Professor Dr. Tomas Fischer; Pavla Hrubcova, Ph.D.
