Kurt Decker

Kurt DECKER, Dr.

kurt.decker@univie.ac.at

Room Nummer: 2A346
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53437

Kurt Decker

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

2017 – 2019 FFG / RAG Alpine Stress: Recent stresses and Quaternary deformation at the northern margin of the Eastern Alps

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)

2010

Crustal structure and active tectonics in the Eastern Alps. / Brückl, Ewald ; Michael, Behm; Decker, Kurt et al.
In: Tectonics, Vol. 29, 2010.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Lower Miocene structural evolution of the central Vienna Basin (Austria). / Hölzel, Monika (Corresponding author); Decker, Kurt; Zamolyi, Andras et al.
In: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2010, p. 666-681.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Miocene deformation of the central Vienna Basin (Austria-Slovakia). / Zámolyi, András.; Lee, Eun Young; Beidinger, Andreas et al.
2010. 10097 Paper presented at European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Wien, Austria.

Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › Peer Reviewed

Neotectonic extrusion of the Eastern Alps: Constraints from U/Th dating of tectonically damaged speleothems. / Plan, Lukas; Grasemann, Bernhard; Spötl, Christoph et al.
In: Geology, Vol. 38, No. 6, 2010, p. 483-486.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Oligocene to Miocene kinematics of the Outer West Carpathians and the Vienna Basin area. / Beidinger, Andreas; Decker, Kurt; Zamolyi, Andras et al.
2010. 6804 Paper presented at European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Wien, Austria.

Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › Peer Reviewed

Seismic slip rates, potential subsurface rupture areas and seismic potential of the Vienna Basin Transfer Fault. / Hinsch, Ralph; Decker, Kurt.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 100, 2010.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

The Lassee segment of the Vienna Basin fault system as a potential source of the earthquake of Carnuntum in the 4th century A.D. / Beidinger, Andreas; Decker, Kurt; Roch, Karl-Heinz.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 100, 2010, p. 1315-1329.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2009

Combined Geophysical, Geomorphological and Geological Studies at the active Lassee Segment of the Vienna Basin Fault System. / Beidinger, Andreas (Corresponding author); Decker, Kurt; Roch, Karl-Heinz.
In: Trabajos de Geologia, Vol. 29, 2009, p. 112-118.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Karst morphology and groundwater vulnerability of high alpine karst plateaus. / Plan, Lukas; Decker, Kurt; Faber, Robert et al.
In: Environmental Geology: international journal of geosciences, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2009, p. 285-297.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2007

Archäologische Befunde von Erdbebenschäden im Raum von Carnuntum und ihre seismotektonische Interpretation. / Kandler, Manfred; Decker, Kurt; Gangl, Georg.
In: Geographica Historica, Vol. 24, 2007, p. 116-132.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2006

Quantitative karst morphology of the Hochschwab plateau, Eastern Alps, Austria. / Decker, Kurt; Plan, Lukas.
In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementbaende, Vol. 147, 2006, p. 29-54.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

The earthquake of Carnuntum in the 4th century AD - archaeologic results, seismologic scenario and seismo-tectonic implications for the Vienna Basin Fault, Austria. / Decker, Kurt; Gangl, Georg; Kandler, Manfred.
In: Journal of Seismology, Vol. 10, 2006, p. 479-495.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2005

Active tectonics and Quaternary basin formation along the Vienna Basin Transform fault. / Decker, Kurt; Peresson, Herwig; Hinsch, Ralph.
In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 24, 2005, p. 307-322.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

3-D mapping of segmented active faults in the southern Vienna Basin. / Hinsch, Ralph; Decker, Kurt ; Wagreich, Michael.
In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 24, No. 3-4 Spec. Iss., 2005, p. 321-336.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2003

Do seismic slip deficits indicate an underestimated earthquake potential along the Vienna Basin Transform Fault System? / Hinsch, Ralph; Decker, Kurt.
In: Terra Nova: the European journal of geosciences, 2003, p. 343-349.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

2001

Sedimentary tectonics and subsidence modelling of the type Upper Cretaceous Gosau basin (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). / Wagreich, Michael ; Decker, Kurt.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 90, No. 3, 2001, p. 714-726.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Tectonics and sedimentation in the Fohnsdorf-Seckau Basin (Miocene, Austria): From a pull-apart basin to a half-graben. / Strauss, Philipp; Wagreich, Michael ; Decker, Kurt et al.
In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 90, No. 3, 2001, p. 549-559.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

1998

Karst springs, groundwater and surface runoff in the calcareous Alps: assessing quality and relience of long‑term water supply. / Decker, Kurt; Heinrich, Maria; Klein, P. et al.
In: IAHS Publications / International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Vol. 248, 1998, p. 149-156.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

1997

Far‑field effects of Late Miocene subduction in the Eastern Carpatians: E‑W compression and inversion of structures in the Alpine-Carpatian-Pannonian region. / Peresson, Herwig; Decker, Kurt.
In: Tectonics, Vol. 16, 1997, p. 36-56.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

The Tertiary dynamics of the Northern Eastern Alps (Austria): Changing paleostresses in a collisional plate boundary. / Peresson, Herwig; Decker, Kurt.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 272, 1997, p. 125-157.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

1991

Rhythmic Bedding in Siliceous Sediments ‑ an Overview. / Decker, Kurt.
Cycles and events in stratigraphy. ed. / Gerhard Einsele; Werner Ricken; Adolf Seilacher. Springer, 1991.

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter

1990

Plate tectonics and pelagic facies: Late Jurassic to Early Crataceous deep‑sea sediments of the Ybbsitz ophiolite unit (Eastern Alps, Austria). / Decker, Kurt.
In: Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 67, 1990, p. 85-99.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed