High-resolution seismic survey on the Rhine River in the northern Upper Rhine Graben |
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Authors: | Roman Haimberger Andreas Hoppe Andreas Schäfer |
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Institution: | (1) Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, Rheingaustr. 186, 65203 Wiesbaden, Germany;(2) Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 9, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany;(3) Geologisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany |
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Abstract: | In the northern part of the Upper Rhine Graben (URG), a high-resolution seismic reflection survey was carried out on the Rhine River over a length of 80 km, and on its tributary Neckar over a length of 25 km. The seismic investigation provides new results to redefine the base of Quaternary fluvial sediments from Oppenheim upstream to the south of Mannheim. The standard Quaternary thickness map of Bartz (1974) was partially revised and completed. Maximum Pleistocene sediment thickness is documented in the area of Mannheim with approximately 225 m. The top of the Pliocene in this area is sub-horizontal and not faulted, and rises downstream continuously towards the fault block of Worms. Intercalated lacustrine pelitic layers play a main role in defining the litho-stratigraphy in this part of the URG. In the north of Worms, Pleistocene sediments are mainly coarse-grained. In the area of Worms, a Pleistocene tectonic phase along N–S striking normal faults with variable displacement along the strike is obvious. |
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Keywords: | Base quaternary High-resolution seismic survey Northern Upper Rhine Graben Neotectonics Fluvial architecture |
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