Monitoring of active tectonic micro movements: comparison of conditions from Slovene karst caves with karst areas of Southern Nevada USA
Principal Investigator at ZRC SAZU
Stanka Šebela, PhD-
Original Title
Meritve aktivnih tektonskih mikro premikov: premerjava razmer v slovenskih kraških jamah s kraškimi področji v južni Nevadi ZDA
Project Team
Stanka Šebela, PhD, Barbara Luke (UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas), Laura Rosales Lagarde (UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas), Matthew Lachniet (UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas), Matthew Lachniet (UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas)-
Project ID
BI-US/15-16-054
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Duration
1 March 2015–31 December 2016 -
Financial Source
Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost RS
Partners
Research Centre SAZU, UNLV University of Nevada Las Vegas
Karst caves preserve traces of geological and speleological data for a million or more years. Thus they are a unique natural archive. Caves and karst areas preserve also the traces of neotectonics, and historic earthquakes. In proposed project we want to compare the results of active tectonic movement monitoring using different methods (seismology, geology, active tectonics, geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics, rock mechanics, TM 71 extensometer monitoring, static vertical pendulum, radon) and compare conditions from Slovene karst caves with karst areas of Southern Nevada USA.