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Deep seismic reflection profile DEKORP 1984-2S across the Franconian Platform, South Germany
Stiller, Manfred | Kaerger, Lauretta | Agafonova, Tatiana | Krawczyk, Charlotte | Oncken, Onno | Weber, Michael | Former DEKORP Project Leaders | Former DEKORP Research Group | Former DEKORP Processing Centre
GFZ Data Services
(2020)
DEKORP 2S was the first profile carried out in 1984 as part of the DEKORP project, the German deep seismic reflection program. The seismic line has a length of 250 km and was the first and only DEKORP line to be acquired using explosives as source energy. The objectives of the experiment were to explore the deep crustal structure of the Saxothuringian Zone and of its transitions into the adjacent Moldanubian and Rhenohercynian Zones of the Variscan Belt, to obtain evidence about vertical tectonic processes during the Variscan orogenesis, to understand the causes of observed gravity and magnetic anomalies and to recognize and define the Variscan front to the north. In addition, the survey contributed to the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) and the former European Geotraverse (EGT). Details of the experiment, preliminary results and interpretations may be obtained from DEKORP Research Group (1985) or Meissner et al. (1987). The Technical Report of line 2S gives complete information about acquisition and processing parameters. The European Variscides, extending from the French Central Massif to the East European Platform, originated during the collision between Gondwana and Baltica in the Late Palaeozoic. Due to involvement of various crustal blocks in the orogenesis, the mountain belt is subdivided into distinct zones. The external fold-and-thrust belts of the Rhenohercynian and Saxothuringian as well as the predominantly crystalline body of the Moldanubian dominate the central European segment of the Variscides. Polyphase tectonic deformation, magmatism and metamorphic processes led to a complex interlinking between the units. The SE-NW striking DEKORP 2S line runs perpendicular to the Variscan strike direction and crosses the tectonic boundaries between the Moldanubian, Saxothuringian and Rhenohercynian units, which are predominantly covered by Permian and younger sediments (DEKORP Research Group, 1985). Extending from the Danube river to the Taunus Mountains line 2S crosses the Franconian Platform passing through the Noerdlinger Ries, where the impact excavated crystalline basement slivers of the Moldanubian zone, the Spessart Mountains, a part of the Mid German Crystalline High and the NE trending Hessian Through (DEKORP Research Group, 1985). Ending beyond the northeast branch of the Rhine Graben within the Taunus Mountains the profile is extended by line 2N to the northwest.
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GFZ Data Services
DOI
10.5880/gfz.dekorp-2s.001
Authors
Stiller, Manfred
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Kaerger, Lauretta
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Agafonova, Tatiana
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Krawczyk, Charlotte
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Oncken, Onno
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Weber, Michael
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
Former DEKORP Project Leaders
Former DEKORP Research Group
Former DEKORP Processing Centre
Contributers
Bortfeld, R.K.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Dohr, G.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Dürbaum, H.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Fertig, J.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Meissner, R.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Reichert, Ch.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Sadowiak, P.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Schmoll, J.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Wiederhold, H.
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former DEKORP Project Leaders;
Albrecht, J.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Berendes, E.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Braukmueller, F.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Doeppeler, P.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Ehlers, M.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Eulner, K.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Horstmeyer, H.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Janoth, W.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Keller, F.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Kiehn, M.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Koerbe, M.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Pieper, F.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Schoeppler, G.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Schwanewilm, M.
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DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Thiele, T.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Thomas, R.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Voessing, H.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Vogel, R.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Weihrauch, U.
DataCurator
DEKORP Processing Centre 2S;
Baier, B.
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DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Behr, H.-J.
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DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Bittner, R.
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DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Gebrande, H.
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DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Gowin, J.
ProjectMember
DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Hahn, A.
ProjectMember
DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Heinrichs, T.
ProjectMember
DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Milkereit, B.
ProjectMember
DEKORP Research Group 2S;
Stiller, Manfred
ContactPerson
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
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Stiller, Manfred
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany;
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Stiller, M., Kaerger, L., Agafonova, T., Krawczyk, C., Oncken, O., Weber, M., Former DEKORP Project Leaders, Former DEKORP Research Group, & Former DEKORP Processing Centre. (2020). Deep seismic reflection profile DEKORP 1984-2S across the Franconian Platform, South Germany [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.DEKORP-2S.001
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DEKORP 1984-2S Deep seismic reflection profile across the Franconian Platform, South Germany