New perspectives in studying active faults in metropolitan France: the 'Active faults France' (FACT/ATS) research axis from the Resif-Epos consortium

Mainland France is part of a plate interior with a strong structural heritage, undergoing a low rate of deformation, where destructive earthquakes can nevertheless occur. In this paper, we emphasize that the knowledge of active faults is still largely fragmentary, and that significant efforts are ne...

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Autores: Ritz, Jean-François, Baize, Stéphane, Audin, Laurence, Authémayou, Christine, Kaub, Caroline, Lacan, Pierre, Larroque, Christophe, Leclerc, Frédérique, Manchuel, Kevin, Mugnier, Jean-Louis, Ortuño Candela, Maria, Rizza, Magali, Vassallo, Riccardo, Arroucau, Pierre, Billant, Jérémy, Bollinger, Laurent, Ferry, Matthieu, Fillon, Charlotte, Geoffroy, Laurent, Jomard, Hervé, Le Roy, Pascal, Migeon, Sébastien, Perrin, Clément, Perrot, Julie, Ratzov, Gueorgui, Reicherter, Klaus, Soubigou, Olivier, Vergniault, Christophe, Viaplana-Muzas, Marc, Van der Woerd, Jérôme
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/194374
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/194374
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Falles (Geologia)
Paleosismologia
Terratrèmols
França
Faults (Geology)
Paleoseismology
Earthquakes
France
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Sumario:Mainland France is part of a plate interior with a strong structural heritage, undergoing a low rate of deformation, where destructive earthquakes can nevertheless occur. In this paper, we emphasize that the knowledge of active faults is still largely fragmentary, and that significant efforts are needed to generate robust data, in particular on the numerous faults, that still lack any study. This is the aim of the 'Failles ACTives France' (FACT) axis launched in the framework of the Transverse Seismicity Action (ATS) of the Resif-Epos consortium. We present some recent investigations carried out along suspected active faults in mountainous areas, their forelands and remote lowlands, which implement new approaches and new tools, and allow characterizing their Quaternary activity.

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