Kurt DECKER, Dr.
kurt.decker@univie.ac.at
Room Nummer: 2A346
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53437
Research Interests:
- Active Tectonics
- Earthquake Geology
- Applied Structural Geology and Tectonics
- Alpine Tectonics
Lectures:
Geologische Kartierung im Bergbau
Angewandte geologische Analytik
Strukturgeologie und Tektonik (Bachelor)
Quantitative Strukturgeologie und Tektonik II (Master)
Angewandte Tektonik und Strukturgeologie
Active Tectonics
Nuclear Waste Repository and Radiation Damage
11 MSc Students
Project funding:
2021 – 2023 FFG / NiMBUC: DINaFDiscrimination of natural and induced fractures in deep boreholes
2020 – 2023 Wien Energie: GeoTief EXPLORE (3D) Upscaling permeability of the Hauptdolomit Fm.
2019 – 2021 Wiener Wasser: Hydro Faults Hydrogeological properties of faults in carbonate rocks - Schneeberg
2019 – 2020 NAGRA: Nördlich Lägern 3D seismik fault mapping
2018 – 2022 FFG / Wien Energie: GeoTief EXPLORE (3D) Exploration tiefer geothermischer Energiequellen in Wien
2018 – 2022 Wien Energie: GeoTief EXPLORE (3D) Risikoanalyse induzierte Seismizität
2018 – 2019 Wiener Wasser: Hydro Faults 3D-Modell Zeller Staritzen
2016 – 2017 Wiener Wasser: Hydro Faults Hydrogeological properties of faults in carbonate rocks - Porosity and fault permeability
2016 – 2017 Wiener Wasser: Hydro Faults Hydrogeological properties of faults in carbonate rocks - Zeller Staritzen
2016 – 2017 NÖ Landesregierung: Active fault analysis of the Diendorf-Boskovice fault
2015 – 2017 Stadt Wien: Active fault analysis in the city of Vienna
2013 – 2017 EU FP7 Euratom: ASMAPSA_E Advanced Safety Assessment Methodologies: Extended PSA
Publications (taken from u:cris)
2024
Deformation and fluid flow history of a fractured basement hydrocarbon reservoir below the Sab'atayn Basin, Habban Field, Yemen. / Veeningen, Resi; Fall, András; Böttcher, Michael Ernst et al.
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 169, 107082, 11.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
3D-seismic evidence for thick-skinned tectonics in a 'classic' thin skinned tectonics region (external Alpine foreland, Switzerland). / Schöpfer, Katerina (Corresponding author); Decker, Kurt; Nazari Vanani, Fatemeh et al.
In: Terra Nova, Vol. 36, No. 3, 06.2024, p. 217-229.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2023
Interaction of frictional and plastic deformation mechanisms in a clay-carbonate strike-slip fault (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). / Bauer, Helene; Rogowitz, Anna; Habler, Gerlinde et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 166, 104774, 01.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
The temporal evolution of seismicity and variability of b-values a Long the Vienna Basin Transfer Fault System. / Nasir, Asam; Hintersberger, Esther; Decker, Kurt.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 116, No. 1, 01.2023, p. 1-15.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2021
Active out-of-sequence thrusting in the Molasse Basin constrained by a multidisciplinary approach (Eastern Alps, Austria). / Levi, Nicola (Corresponding author); Habermüller, Mario; Exner, Ulrike et al.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 812, 228911, 05.08.2021.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2020
The 1906 Dobrá Voda Earthquake (M=5.7) at the Vienna Basin Transfer Fault : Evaluation of the ESI2007 intensity and analysis of the aftershock sequence. / Nasir, Asma; Hintersberger, Esther; Decker, Kurt.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 113, No. 1, 01.01.2020, p. 43-58.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2019
The stress field in the frontal part of the Eastern Alps (Austria) from borehole image log data. / Levi, Nicola (Corresponding author); Habermüller, Mario; Exner, Ulrike et al.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 769, 228175, 20.10.2019.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2018
Intracrystalline deformation of calcite in the upper brittle crust. / Bauer, H.; Rogowitz, A.; Grasemann, B. et al.
In: Geology, Vol. 46, No. 4, 01.04.2018, p. 375-378.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Implications from palaeoseismological investigations at the Markgrafneusiedl Fault (Vienna Basin, Austria) for seismic hazard assessment. / Hintersberger, Esther; Decker, Kurt; Lomax, Johanna et al.
In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 18, No. 2, 21.02.2018, p. 531-553.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2017
Active tectonics and geomorphology of the Gaenserndorf Terrace in the Central Vienna Basin (Austria). / Weissl, Michael (Corresponding author); Hintersberger, Esther; Lomax, Johanna et al.
In: Quaternary International, Vol. 451, 07.09.2017, p. 209-222.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2016
Paleogene and Neogene kinematics of the Alpine-Carpathian fold-thrust belt at the Alpine-Carpathian transition. / Beidinger, Andreas; Decker, Kurt.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 690, No. B, 28.10.2016, p. 263-287.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Hydrogeological properties of fault zones in a karstified carbonate aquifer, (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). / Bauer, Helene; Decker, Kurt.
In: Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 24, No. 5, 08.2016, p. 1147-1170.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2015
Rock pulverization and localization of a strike-slip fault zone in dolomite rocks (Salzach-Ennstal-Mariazell-Puchberg fault, Austria). / Schroeckenfuchs, Theresa; Bauer, Helene; Grasemann, Bernhard et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 78, 09.2015, p. 67-85.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Microstructural investigations of rock pulverization and localization of a strike-slip fault zone in dolomite rocks (Salzach-Ennstal-Mariazell-Puchberg fault, Austria). / Schröckenfuchs, Theresa-Christina; Bauer, Helene; Grasemann, Bernhard et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 78, 2015, p. 67-85.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2014
Quantifying Early Miocene in-sequence and out-of-sequence thrusting at the Alpine-Carpathian junction. / Beidinger, Andreas; Decker, Kurt.
In: Tectonics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 03.2014, p. 222-252.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
2013
Assessing the completeness of historical and instrumental earthquake data in Austria and the surrounding areas. / Nasir, A.; Lenhardt, W.; Hintersberger, E. et al.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 106, No. 1, 01.01.2013, p. 90-102.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Distinguishing Quaternary and Pre-Quaternary clastic sediments in the vicinity of Ceske Vudejovice (Southern Bohemian Masif, Czech Republic). / Tschegg, Dana; Decker, Kurt.
In: Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2013, p. 72-89.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Morphometric analysis of a reactivated Variscan fault in southern Bohemian Massif (Budějovice basin, Czech Republic). / Popotnig, Angelika; Tschegg, Dana; Decker, Kurt.
In: Geomorphology, Vol. 197, 2013, p. 108-122.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Österreichische Starkbeben mit Intensität ab Grad 7. / Gangl, Georg; Decker, Kurt.
In: Österreichische Ingenieur- und Architektenzeitschrift, Vol. 156, 2013, p. 229-237.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article
2012
Strike-slip tectonics and Quaternary basin formation along the Vienna Basin fault system inferred from Bouguer gravity derivatives. / Salcher, Bernhard; Meurers, Bruno; Smit, J. et al.
In: Tectonics, Vol. 31, No. 3, TC3004, 06.2012.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Fracture patterns in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. / Reif, Daniel (Corresponding author); Decker, Kurt; Grasemann, Bernhard et al.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 576-577, 2012, p. 46-62.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Pleistocene terraces of the Vltava River in the Budějovice basin (Southern Bohemian Massif): New insights into sedimentary history constrained by luminescence data. / Tschegg, Dana (Corresponding author); Lomax, Johanna; Spacek, Petr et al.
In: Geomorphology, Vol. 161-162, 2012, p. 58-72.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Strukturgeologie der Karstformen auf der Schneealpe (Stmk.). / Bauer, Harald; Hatzenbichler, Georg; Plan, Lukas et al.
In: Die Höhle: Zeitschrift für Karst und Höhlenkunde, Vol. 63, 2012, p. 18-31.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article
2011
Preface: special section of papers dealing with overdeepened basins and valleys in the alpine realm. / Fiebig, Markus; Preusser, Frank; Decker, Kurt et al.
In: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 103, 2011, p. 327-328.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
3D geometry and kinematics of the Lassee flower structure: Implications for segmentation and seismotectonics of the Vienna Basin strike-slip fault, Austria. / Beidinger, Andreas (Corresponding author); Decker, Kurt.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 499, No. 1-4, 2011, p. 22-40.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed