Carlsberg Fault zone

The Carlsberg Fault zone is a concealed tectonic formation that runs across Copenhagen city centre,[1] a side branch of the Trans-European Suture Zone. It is one of the most significant faults in the Copenhagen area[2] being 400 to 700 meters wide and can be followed for about 30 km.[3] It runs just east of the Frederiksberg Gardens in Copenhagen.[4][5] The Frederiksberg Municipality collects about half of its water from the fault zone.[6]

Not to be confused with Carlsberg Ridge.
Tectonic map of Europe

The Carlsberg Fault is located in a NNW-SSE striking fault system in the border zone between the Danish Basin and the Baltic Shield.[1][7] Recent earthquakes indicate that this area is tectonically active.[1]

It was described for the first time in 1925 at the Carlsberg Breweries.[3]

See also

2008 Skåne County earthquake

References
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  2. "Efforts to include geological and geodetic observations in the assessment of earthquake activity in Denmark Archived 2018-05-02 at the Wayback Machine". Søren Gregersen and Peter H. Voss, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Accessed 2 May 2018.
  3. "Copenhagen". Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Accessed 2 May 2018., backup
  4. Nielsen, Lars; Thybo, Hans; Jørgensen, Mette I. (2005). "Integrated seismic interpretation of the Carlsberg fault zone, Copenhagen, Denmark". Geophysical Journal International.
  5. Nielsen, Lars; Thybo, Hans (2004). "Location of the Carlsberg fault zone from seismic controlled-source fan recordings". Geophysical Research Letters. 31.
  6. "Vand fra Frederiksbergs undergrund" [Water from Frederiksberg's Underground]. Frederiksberg Forsyning (in Danish). Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
  7. Kammann, Janina; Hübscher, Christian; Ole Boldreel, Lars; Nielsen, Lars (6 July 2016). "High-resolution shear-wave seismics across the Carlsberg Fault zone south of Copenhagen — Implications for linking Mesozoic and late Pleistocene structures". Tectonophysics. 682: 56–64. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.05.043. ISSN 0040-1951.
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