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Dr. Simon Kübler

 

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Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Geology -

University of Munich
Luisenstr. 37, 80333 München, Germany

E-Mail: kuebler *[at]* iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de

Phone: +49 (0) 89 2180-6556
Fax: +49 (0) 89 2180-6514

 

 

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Text Box: General research statement My research focuses on analyzing the surface and near-surface expression of active fault segments in low-strain continental regions. In particular I am interested in understanding the dynamics of coseismic rupture processes in unconsolidated sediments and the associated hazard potential. Furthermore, I am interested in understanding the spatiotemporal pattern of strain release in complex fault systems. More recently, I have been involved in exploring the influence of active tectonics, complex topography and edaphics on Human Evolution and dispersal. To investigate tectonically active fault segments I combine conventional mapping and trenching approaches with optical satellite data, high-resolution terrain data (terrestrial and airbourne LiDAR) and microscale analysis of seismically deformed sediments (e. g. “fractured-clast analysis”). I have experience in field work in the western United States as well as in central and southern Europe.

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Text Box: Current research projects

 

Text Box: 1. Geological context of seismically inactive, but geodetically active regions The project is a working package embedded in the HGF Alliance: Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics. The Alliance aims at the development and evaluation of novel bio/geo-pysical information products derived from data acquired by a new generation of remote sensing satellites and their integration in earth system models for improving understanding and modeling ability of global environmental processes and ecosystem change.

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Text Box: 2. Exploring the influence of active tectonics, complex topography and edaphics on Human Evolution in the Keya Rift, East Africa

Text Box: The project is part of the ESC awarded Advanced Grant DISPERSE: "Dynamic Landscapes, Coastal Environments and Hominin Dispersals" involving collaboration with Geoff Bailey at the University of York and Geoffrey King at the Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris. The project will develop systematic methods for reconstructing landscapes associated with active tectonics and sea level change and assess their impact on patterns of human evolution and dispersal. The research will focus on the western Arabian escarpment and the now-submerged territory of the southern Red Sea, including use of remote sensing techniques and field survey on land and underwater, and will also draw on comparative data from adjacent regions in Africa and the Near East. Other collaborators include specialists from the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, the Institut de Physique du Globe Paris, the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Athens, and King Saud University Riyadh.

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Text Box: Figure 2.1: Effects of tectonic activity creating landscape features. From: King, G.C.P. and Bailey, G.N. 2010. Dynamic landscapes and human evolution. GSA Special Paper 471

 

 

Text Box: 3. Active tectonics and Paleoseismicity of the Lower Rhine Graben, NW Germany DFG-funded project involving cooperation with Manfred Strecker at the University of Potsdam (Germany) carried out in the Lower Rhine Graben, one of the seismically most active regions of the Central European Rift System. The main focus of the project is to determine whether or not faults in this low-strain intraplate region are capable for producing surface rupturing earthquakes. From September till December 2009 a trenching study was conducted across an active fault segment in the epicentral region of Germany’s largest historical earthquake (ML 6.2 ± 0.2). Results reveal clear signs for repeated coseismic rupture along this portion of the fault.

 

 

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Text Box: Figure 3.1: Trench excavation (right) near Untermaubach, North Rhine-Westphalia, NW Germany.

 

 

 

Text Box: 4. Tectonic geomorphology and strain-release patterns of the Eastern California Shear Zone, USA DFG-funded project involving cooperation with Bernard Guest at the University of Calgary, Canada. This study combines geomorphic and geologic field mapping with analysis of airbourne LiDAR data to study fault scarp populations and fault slip variability of the Stateline Fault System, the easternmost fault of the Eastern California Shear Zone, California-Nevada, USA.

 

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Text Box: Figure 2.2: Pahrump Segment of the Stateline fault, southern Stewart Valley, Nevada- California, view to the southwest. Bushes at the valley floor are aligned along the active fault trace.

 

 

 

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Text Box: Publications Kübler, S., 2013, Active Tectonics of the Lower Rhine Graben (NW Central Europe) Based on New Paleoseismological Constraints and Implications for Coseismic Rupture Processes in Unconsolidated Gravels. PhD Tesis, LMU Munich Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strecker, M. R., 2011, Seismogenic surface faulting in the area of Germany’s strongest historical earthquake, Lower Rhine Embayment, NW Germany, In: Breitkreuz, C., Gursky,H. J. (eds.): Geo-risk management - a German Latin American approach, Freiberger Forschungshefte C538, ISBN 978-3-86012-419-2, 13-16. Kübler, S., 2008, The Northern Stateline Fault System, Nevada-California: Short Term Geologic Slip Rates and Strain Distribution in the Eastern California Shear Zone, Diploma thesis, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. In preparation Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strecker, M. R., Historical coseismic rupture identified in intraplate Europe. In preparation for resubmission to Geology Kübler, S., Friedrich A. M., Strecker, M. R., Late Holocene seismogenic surface faulting in the Lower Rhine Embayment: new insights from paleoseismic investigations in the epicentral area of Germany's strongest historical earthquake. Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strayer, L., Trepmann, C., Fractured clasts in fault zones – a new quantitative method in paleoseismic research. Kübler, S., Guest, B., Niemie, N., Wernicke, B., Fault scarps and LIDAR: scarp population analysis and fault slip patterns. In preparation for submission to Geology Conference Proceedings Oral presentations Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strecker, M. R., 2012, Evidence for coseismic rupture in a low-strain intraplate rift (Lower Rhine Embayment, central Europe), 14th Symposium on Tectonics, Structural Geology and Geology of Crystalline Rocks, Kiel, Germany. Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strecker, M. R., 2011, Paleoseismic evidence for dynamic surface rupturing in an intraplate setting (Lower Rhine Embayment, central Europe), AGU Abstracts ID S21C-05, San Francisco, USA. Kübler, S., Friedrich A. M., Strecker, M. R., 2011, Evidence of coseismic surface rupturing in the Lower Rhine Embayment: a possible source for the1756 Düren earthquake, GSA Abstracts, Paper No. 33-8, Fragile Earth Joint Meeting, Munich, Germany. Kübler S., Friedrich A., 2010, “Coseismic surface deformation in the Lower Rhine Embayment, NW Germany”; Abstract, GV, Annual Meeting, Darmstadt, Germany. Guest B., Kübler S., Hoffmann M., 2008, Fault slip rates in time and space along the eastern margin of the Eastern California Shear Zone: Stateline fault system, California-Nevada, USA, Abstract, EGU, Annual Meeting 2008, Vienna, Austria. Poster presentations Kübler, S., Friedrich, A. M., Strecker, M. R., 2011, Seismogenic surface faulting in the area of Germany’s strongest historical earthquake, Lower Rhine Embayment, NW Germany, evidence from fractured clast analysis, In:Grützner, C., Fernández Steeger, T., Papanikolaou, I., Reicherter, K.,Silva, P.G., Pérez-López, R., Vött, A. (eds.): Proceedings 2nd INQUA-IGCP7International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Earthquake Geology,Archaeology and Engineering 19-24 September 2011, Corinth (Greece), ISBN:978-960-466-093-3, 111-113. D'Arcy, K., Kübler, S., Guest B., 2011, Aerial LiDAR Based Analysis of a Degraded Fault Scarp in Stewart Valley, Nevada, AGU Abstracts ID T31B-2350, San Francisco, USA. Kübler S., Friedrich A., Strecker M., 2010 “Paleoseismic evidence for seismogenic faulting in the epicentrical area of the 1755/56 Düren earthquake series, Lower Rhine Embayment, NW Germany”; Abstract, EGU, Annual Meeting 2010, Vienna, Austria.