scholarly journals Comparison of extensometric results measured in the Vyhne Tidal Station (Slovakia) and in the Sopronbánfalva Geodynamic Observatory (Hungary)

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-402
Author(s):  
Gyula MENTES ◽  
Ladislav BRIMICH ◽  
Martin BEDNÁRIK ◽  
Jozef BÓDI
Keyword(s):  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Earth Tides ◽  
Ocean Tide ◽  
Tectonic Deformation ◽  
Relative Deformation ◽  
Tidal Station ◽  
Calculated Amplitude

Two extensometer stations have been set up at the margin of the Pannonian Basin to monitor tectonic movements as well as Earth tides and related phenomena. Because the Sopronbánfalva Geodynamic Observatory (SGO) in Hungary and the Vyhne Tidal Station (VTS) in Slovakia are located in different geological, topographic, and tectonic environments, the analysis and comparison of the extensometer data measured here provides a useful opportunity to interpret the observed data. The tectonic deformation at the SGO shows an average contraction of: −2.94 μstr y−1 (1 μstr is 10−6 relative deformation) which can be explained by the uplift of the Alps and the anticlockwise motion of the Adria microplate, causing compression in the Eastern Alps. At the VTS an average compression of −14.8 nstr y−1 (1 nstr is 10−9 relative deformation) was measured which can be explained by the NW compression direction in this area. The measured deformations in both observatories show a good agreement with the results of GPS measurements. The deformation at the VTS is characterized by small dilatation anomalies caused by the different topographic, tectonic environment and probably by the high heat flow in the area of the station. At this station the calculated amplitude factors for O1, P1, K1, M2 are 1.01482, 1.21691, 0.83173, 1.09392 and the ocean load corrected values are 1.10817, 1.35717, 0.92809, 1.28812, respectively. At the SGO the calculated amplitude factors for the same tidal components are 0.58776, 0.38967, 0.41548, 1.00564 and the ocean load corrected values are 0.98893, 1.89117, 1.00430, 1.04962, respectively. These results show that the effect of the ocean tide loading is greater at Sopronbánfalva, than at Vyhne. Based on the comparison, we can say that the result of the local strain measurement can be considered realistic.

scholarly journals Local tectonic deformations measured by extensometer at the eastern foothills of the Alps at the Sopronbánfalva Geodynamic Observatory, Hungary

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-390
Author(s):  
Gyula Mentes ◽  
Márta Kiszely
Keyword(s):  
Strain Rate ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Local Deformation ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Tectonic Processes ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Local Strain Rate

Abstract In Hungary, at the foot of the Eastern Alps, in the Sopronbánfalva Geodynamic Observatory (SGO), a quartz-tube extensometer has been used for recording the Earth’s tides and local tectonic deformations since 1991. The 27-year long strain record (1991–2017) shows a continuous compression of the rock with changing rate. The relations between the measured local deformation and present-day tectonics in the region of the observatory were investigated. The local strain rate variations were also compared with the temporal and spatial distribution as well as with the magnitudes of earthquakes occurred within 200 km from the observatory in two sectors around the azimuth of the extensometer (116°): 116°±15° and 296°±15°. Our investigations show that earthquakes can also influence the strain rate. Earthquakes to the west of SGO generally increase the compressive strain rate, while earthquakes in the Pannonian Basin, with some exceptions, have no significant effect on the local strain rate variations measured in the SGO. It has been found that the recorded compressive strain is in good accordance with the recent tectonic processes in the region of the SGO determined by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and geophysical measurements. From the results it can be concluded that the uplift of the Alps, tectonic processes in the East Alpine region and in the Pannonian Basin play the most important role in the changing local compressive strain rate.

Crustal and upper mantle velocity structure of the Pannonian Region using Rayleigh wave ambient noise tomography

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Máté Timkó ◽  
Lars Wiesenberg ◽  
Amr El-Sharkawy ◽  
Zoltán Wéber ◽  
Thomas Meier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Wave ◽  
Ambient Noise ◽  
Velocity Structure ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Vertical Component ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Moho Depth ◽  
Ambient Noise Tomography ◽  
Period Range ◽  
Waveform Data

<p>The Pannonian Basin is located in Central-Europe surrounded by the Alpine, Carpathian, and Dinarides mountain ranges. This is a back-arc basin characterized by shallow Moho depth, updoming mantle and high heat flow. In this study, we present the results of the Rayleigh wave based ambient noise tomography to investigate the velocity structure of the Carpathian-Pannonian region. </p><p>For the ambient noise measurements, we collected the continuous waveform data from more than 1280 seismological stations from the broader Central-Eastern European region. This dataset embraces all the permanent and the temporary (AlpArray, PASSEQ, CBP, SCP) stations from the 9-degree radius of the Pannonian Basin which were operating between the time period between 2005 and 2018. All the possible vertical component noise cross-correlation functions were calculated and all phase velocity curves were determined in the 5-80 s period range using an automated measuring algorithm. </p><p>The collected dispersion measurements were then used to create tomographic images that are characterized by similar velocity anomalies in amplitude, pattern and location that are consistent with the well-known tectonic and geologic structure of the research area and are comparable to previous tomographic models published in the literature.</p>

scholarly journals Cements, Waters, and Scales: An Integrated Study of the Szeged Geothermal Systems (SE Hungary) to Characterize Natural Environmental Conditions of the Thermal Aquifer

Geofluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Varga ◽  
Gábor Bozsó ◽  
István Garaguly ◽  
Béla Raucsik ◽  
Attila Bencsik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Thermal Water ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Geothermal Systems ◽  
Geothermal Waters ◽  
Deep Aquifer ◽  
Saturation State ◽  
Calcite Saturation

The study area, Pannonian Basin (Central Europe), is characterized by high heat flow and presence of low-enthalpy geothermal waters. In the Szeged Geothermal Systems (Hungary), having Miocene to Pliocene sandstone aquifers with dominantly Na–HCO3-type thermal water, unwanted carbonate scaling was observed. An integrated approach consisting of host rock and scale mineralogical and petrographic analyses as well as water chemistry led to a better understanding of the characteristic natural (geogenic) environmental conditions of the geothermal aquifers and to highlight their technical importance. Analyses of the reservoir sandstones showed that they are mineralogically immature mixed carbonate-siliciclastic rocks with significant macroporosity. Detrital carbonate grains such as dolomite and limestone fragments appear as important framework components (up to ~20–25%). During water–rock interactions, they could serve as a potential source of the calcium and bicarbonate ions, contributing to the elevated scaling potential. Therefore, this sandstone aquifer cannot be considered as a conventional siliciclastic reservoir. In mudrocks, a significant amount of organic matter also occurs, triggering CO2producing reactions. Correspondingly, framboidal pyrite and ferroan calcite are the main cement minerals in all of the studied sandstone samples which can suggest that calcite saturation state of the thermal fluid is close to equilibrium in oxygen-depleted pore water. Analysis of the dominant carbonate crystals in the scale can suggest that growth of the feather dendrites of low-Mg calcite was probably driven by rapid CO2degassing of CO2-rich thermal water under far-from-equilibrium conditions. Based on hydrogeochemical data and related indices for scaling and corrosion ability, the produced bicarbonate-rich (up to 3180 mg/l) thermal water has a significant potential for carbonate scaling which supports the aforementioned statement. Taking into consideration our present knowledge of geological setting of the studied geothermal systems, temporal changes in chemical composition and temperature of the thermal water during the heating period can indicate upwelling fluids from a deep aquifer. Regarding the pre-Neogene basement, hydrologic contact with a Triassic carbonate aquifer might be reflected in the observed chemical features such as decreased total dissolved solids and increased bicarbonate content with high scale-forming ability. The proposed upflow of basin-derived water could be channeled by Neogene to Quaternary fault zones, including compaction effects creating fault systems above the elevated basement high. The results may help to understand the cause of the high carbonate scale precipitation rates in geothermal systems tapping sandstone aquifers.

Young Uplift at the Eastern End of the Alps. Evidence for Uplift Unrelated to the Inversion of the Pannonian Basin?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Stüwe ◽  
Gerit Gradwohl ◽  
Thorsten Bertosch ◽  
Konstantin Hohmann ◽  
Jörg Robl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Crustal Shortening ◽  
Surface Uplift ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Uplift History ◽  
Planation Surfaces

<p>The eastern end of the Alps features a series of low relief surfaces at elevations up to 2500 m. These surfaces have long been known to reflect uplifted planation surfaces that have not yet been dissected by fluvial processes and thus preserve a strong geomorphic disequilibrium. While their age would present a good handle on the age of surface uplift in the Eastern Alps, these surfaces are barely dated and their age is only indirectly inferred to reflect the Miocene and Pliocene uplift history. Recent geomorphological cosmogenic nucleide-based studies have shown that these surfaces may record up to 1000 m of surface uplift in the last 5 Ma. Such a distinct uplift event in the recent past is surprising and needs to be interpreted. Interestingly, this time frame appears not to be accompanied by crustal shortening and the standard hypothesis about the inversion of the Pannonian Basin as the underlying cause needs to be questioned. In order to get a better handle on the nature of this young uplift event and its overriding driver it is crucial to understand its spatial extent. However, much of the Eastern Alps was glaciated in the Pleistocene and currently several studies suggest that elevated low-relief landscapes were shaped by the glacial buzz-saw, instead of interpreting them in terms of fluvial prematurity of recently uplifted planation surfaces. The models of glacial erosion versus fluvial prematurity as the formation agent of the low-relief surfaces can be discerned if it can be shown that the surfaces formed prior to the Pleistocene. Here we report of a currently operating research project in which we employ cosmogenic nucleide burial dating on a substantial part of the entire Eastern Alps to derive the age of these surfaces. We use the burial age of siliceous sediments in caves formed at the phreatic-vadose transition as a proxy. Correlation of cave levels with low-relief surfaces and their mapping in the field is an integral part of the project.</p><p> </p>

Moho depth determination in the Eastern Alps-Pannonian basin-Carpathian mountains region based on H-K grid search method and CCP migration of receiver functions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dániel Kalmár ◽  
György Hetényi ◽  
István Bondár ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Receiver Functions ◽  
Search Method ◽  
Moho Depth ◽  
Grid Search ◽  
Carpathian Mountains ◽  
Entire Study ◽  
Grid Search Method ◽  
Private Network

<p>We perform P-to-S receiver function analysis to determine a detailed map of the crust-mantle boundary in the Eastern Alps–Pannonian basin–Carpathian mountains junction. We use data from the AlpArray Seismic Network, the Carpathian Basin Project and the South Carpathian Project temporary seismic networks, the permanent stations of the Hungarian National Seismological network, stations of a private network in Hungary as well as selected permanent seismological stations in neighbouring countries for the time period between 2004.01.01. and 2019.03.31. Altogether 221 seismological stations are used in the analysis. Owing to the dense station coverage we can achieve so far unprecedented resolution, thus extending our previous work on the region. We applied three-fold quality control, the first two on the observed waveforms and the third on the calculated radial receiver functions, calculated by the iterative time-domain deconvolution approach. The Moho depth was determined by two independent approaches, the common conversion point (CCP) migration with a local velocity model and the H-K grid search. We show cross-sections beneath the entire investigated area, and concentrate on major structural elements such as the AlCaPa and Tisza-Dacia blocks, the Mid-Hungarian Fault Zone and the Balaton Line. Finally, we present the Moho map obtained by the H-K grid search method and pre-stack CCP migration and interpolation over the entire study area, and compare results of two independent methods to prior knowledge.</p>

scholarly journals Sedimentation of deep-water turbidites in the SW part of the Pannonian Basin

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Vrbanac ◽  
Josipa Velić ◽  
Tomislav Malvić
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Eastern Alps ◽  
Turbidity Currents ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
North West ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
The North ◽  
Sandstone Body ◽  
West Part

Sedimentation of deep-water turbidites in the SW part of the Pannonian BasinThe Sava Depression and the Bjelovar Subdepression belong to the SW margin of the Pannonian Basin System, which was part of the Central Paratethys during the Pannonian period. Upper Pannonian deposits of the Ivanic-Grad Formation in the Sava Depression include several lithostratigraphic members such as Iva and Okoli Sandstone Member or their lateral equivalents, the Zagreb Member and Lipovac Marlstone Member. Their total thickness in the deepest part of the Sava Depression reaches up to 800 meters, while it is 100-200 meters in the margins of the depression. Deposits in the depression are composed of 4 facies. In the period of turbiditic activities these facies are primarily sedimented as different sandstone bodies. In the Bjelovar Subdepression, two lithostratigraphic members (lateral equivalent) were analysed, the Zagreb Member and Okoli Sandstone Member. The thickness of the Bjelovar Subdepression ranges from 50 meters along the S and SE margins to more than 350 meters along the E margin. Generally, detritus in the north-west part of the analysed area originated from a single source, the Eastern Alps, as demonstrated by sedimentological and physical properties, the geometry of the sandstone body and the fossil content. This clastic material was found to be dispersed throughout the elongated and relatively narrow Sava Depression and in the smaller Bjelovar Subdepression. Sedimentation primarily occurred in up to 200 meters water depth and was strongly influenced by the sub-aqueous paleorelief, which determined the direction of the flow of turbidity currents and sandstone body geometries. The main stream with medium- and fine-grained material was separated by two independent turbiditic flows from N-NW to the SE-E. Variability in the thickness of sandstone bodies is the result of differences in subsidence and cycles of progradation and retrogradation of turbidite fans.

Dynamic imaging of skeletal muscle contraction in three orthogonal directions

2010 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 906-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. P. Lopata ◽  
Johannes P. van Dijk ◽  
Sigrid Pillen ◽  
Maartje M. Nillesen ◽  
Huub Maas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Contraction ◽  
Biceps Brachii ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Vertical Direction ◽  
Local Strain ◽  
Local Deformation ◽  
Voluntary Contraction ◽  
Dynamic Imaging ◽  
Relative Deformation ◽  
Voluntary Contractions

In this study, a multidimensional strain estimation method using biplane ultrasound is presented to assess local relative deformation (i.e., local strain) in three orthogonal directions in skeletal muscles during induced and voluntary contractions. The method was tested in the musculus biceps brachii of five healthy subjects for three different types of muscle contraction: 1) excitation of the muscle with a single electrical pulse via the musculocutaneous nerve, resulting in a so-called “twitch” contraction; 2) a train of five pulses at 10 Hz and 20 Hz, respectively, to obtain a submaximum tetanic contraction; and 3) voluntary contractions at 30, 60, and 100% of maximum contraction force. Results show that biplane ultrasound strain imaging is feasible. The method yielded adequate performance using the radio frequency data in tracking the tissue motion and enabled the measurement of local deformation in both the vertical direction (orthogonal to the arm) and in the horizontal directions (parallel and perpendicular to direction of the arm) in two orthogonal cross sections of the muscle. The twitch experiments appeared to be reproducible in all three directions, and high strains in vertical (25 to 30%) and horizontal (−20% to −10%) directions were measured. Visual inspection of both the ultrasound data, as well as the strain data, revealed a relaxation that was significantly slower than the force decay. The pulse train experiments nicely illustrated the performance of our technique: 1) similar patterns of force and strain waveforms were found; and 2) each stimulation frequency yielded a different strain pattern, e.g., peak vertical strain was 40% during 10-Hz stimulation and 60% during 20-Hz stimulation. The voluntary contraction patterns were found to be both practically feasible and reproducible, which will enable muscles and more natural contraction patterns to be examined without the need of electrical stimulation.

scholarly journals GEODYNAMICS

GEODYNAMICS ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2(11)2011 (2(11)) ◽  
pp. 147-149
Author(s):  
R. I. Kutas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Thermal Field ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Flow Density ◽  
Heat Flow Density ◽  
East European ◽  
Geodynamic Processes ◽  
Outer Carpathians

Heat flow density changes from 35-40 mW/m2 in the south-western part of East-European Craton and the Carpathian foredeep to 50-60 mW/m2 in the Outer Carpathians and to 80-120 mW/m2 in the Pannonian basin. Several levels of thermal field reflect main stages of tectonic evolution and feature of lithosphere structure. High heat flow anomaly was created by Cenozoic geodynamic processes related to collision of the European plate and Alcape microplate.

scholarly journals Aftershock Rate Changes at Different Ocean Tide Heights

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. N. Shebalin ◽  
A. A. Baranov
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
High Water ◽  
Earth Tides ◽  
Ocean Tide ◽  
Ocean Tides ◽  
Differential Probability ◽  
Main Shocks ◽  
Aftershock Sequences ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
The Impact

The differential probability gain approach is used to estimate quantitatively the change in aftershock rate at various levels of ocean tides relative to the average rate model. An aftershock sequences are analyzed from two regions with high ocean tides, Kamchatka and New Zealand. The Omori-Utsu law is used to model the decay over time, hypothesizing an invariable spatial distribution. Ocean tide heights are considered rather than phases. A total of 16 sequences of M ≥6 aftershocks off Kamchatka and 15 sequences of M ≥6 aftershocks off New Zealand are examined. The heights of the ocean tides at various locations were modeled using FES 2004. Vertical stress changes due to ocean tides are here about 10–20 kPa, that is, at least several times greater than the effect due to Earth tides. An increase in aftershock rate is observed by more than two times at high water after main M ≥6 shocks in Kamchatka, with slightly less pronounced effect for the earthquakes of M = 7.8, December 15, 1971 and M = 7.8, December 5, 1997. For those two earthquakes, the maximum of the differential probability gain function is also observed at low water. For New Zealand, we also observed an increase in aftershock rate at high water after thrust type main shocks with M ≥6. After normal-faulting main shocks there was the tendency of the rate increasing at low water. For the aftershocks of the strike-slip main shocks we observed a less evident impact of the ocean tides on their rate. This suggests two main mechanisms of the impact of ocean tides on seismicity rate, an increase in pore pressure at high water, or a decrease in normal stress at low water, both resulting in a decrease of the effective friction in the fault zone.

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