GURN (GNSS Upper Rhine Graben Network): Research Goals and First Results of a Transnational Geo-Scientific Network
Résumé
The Upper Rhine Graben (URG) is a north-northeast trending rift system belonging to the European Cenozoic Rift System. Today, the south-ern part of the URG is seismically still active. Earthquakes of magnitude five have a recurrence time of approximately a few decades. In order to monitor and to determine recent crustal displace-ments in the URG area, the transnational cooper-ation GURN (GNSS Upper Rhine Graben Network) was established in September 2008. Within GURN geo-scientific research is carried out. The focus is on processing and analysing of observation data of continuously operating GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems, e.g. GPS) sensors.