Scientific Drilling ICDP Publications

We used teleseismic recordings of a temporary deployment of seismic stations and of permanent short period stations in the western Eger Rift system to study the lithosphere with the help of Receiver Functions. The crust-mantle boundary (Moho) is observed at almost all stations by strong P-to-S converted phases. The Moho is basically flat between about 26 - 30 km depth in the entire region. At one station in the Eger Rift (BOH-1, Loket castle) no Moho is observed. We interpret this with the existence of a broad gradient zone there, instead of a sharp discontinuity. This observation, however, needs to be confirmed by more data.

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Geissler, W. H.; Plenefisch, T.; Kind, R.; Klinge, K.; Kämpf, H.; Bouskova, A.; Nehybka, V.; Skarcelova, Z.; Jacob, B. (2000): The Moho structure in the western Eger Rift: A receiver function experiment. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 44, 2, 188-194.