Open AccessComment on “Investigating environmental tectonics in Northern Alpine Foreland of Europe”
Author(s) -
Hinzen KlausG.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo340004
Subject(s) - foreland basin , graben , neotectonics , geology , tectonics , quaternary , geomorphology , seismology , paleontology
A recent article in Eos by S. Cloetingh, P Ziegler, T.Cornu, and the ENTEC Working Group (9 September 2003, pp. 349, 356–357) describes research activities and plans of the Environmental Tectonics research network (ENTEC) on lithospheric processes, neotectonics, and surface processes in the northern Alpine foreland. Three main areas of investigations are the Vienna Basin, the Upper Rhine Graben (URG), and the Lower Rhine Graben (LRG). In Figure 3a of the article, a color‐coded relief map of the topography of the LRG is presented. In addition to the topography, earthquake epicenters are shown, and Tertiary and Quaternary faults are indicated.