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  • Abratis, M., Munsel, D. and Viereck-Götte, 2009. Melilitites and melilite bearing igneous rocks oft he Saxonian Vogtland (Germany): petrography and mineral chemistry.  Z. Geol. Wiss. 37, 41-79.
  • Alawi, M., Nickschick, T. and Kämpf, H., 2015. Mikrobiologische Prozesse in CO2-Aufstiegskanälen. System Erde 5, 1, 28-33, doi: 10.2312/GFZ.syserde.05.01.5.
  • Alexandrakis, C., Calò, M., Bouchaala, F., and Vavryčuk, V., 2014. Velocity analysis and the role of fluids in the West Bohemia Seismic Zone. Solid Earth 5, 863-872, doi: 10.5104/se-5-863-2014.
  • Bankwitz, P., Schneider, G., Kämpf, H., and Bankwitz, E., 2003. Structural characteristics of epicentral areas in Central Europe: study case Cheb Basin (Czech Republic). J. Geodynamics 35, 5-32, doi: 10.1016/S0264-3707(02)00051-0.
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  • Bräuer, K., H. Kämpf, G. Strauch, and Weise, S. M., 2003. Isotopic evidence (3He/4He, 13CCO2) of fluid triggered intraplate seismicity, J. Geophys. Res., 108(B2), 2070, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002077.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., Niedermann, S., Strauch, G., and Weise, S.M., 2004. Evidence for a nitrogen flux directly derived from the European subcontinental mantle in the Western Eger Rift, central Europe. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68, 4935-4937.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., Faber, E., Koch, U., Nitzsche, H.-M., and Strauch, G., 2005. Seismically triggered microbial methane production relating to the Vogtland - NW Bohemia earthquake swarm period 2000, Central Europe, Geochem. J. 39, 441-450.
  • Bräuer, K., H. Kämpf, S. Niedermann, and G. Strauch, 2005. Evidence for ascending upper mantle-derived melt beneath the Cheb basin, central Europe, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08303, doi: 10.1029/2004GL022205
  • Bräuer, K. Kämpf H., Koch, U., Niedermann, S., and Strauch, G., 2007. Seismically-induced changes of the fluid signature detected by a multi-isotope approach (He, CO2, CH4, N2) at the ‘‘Wettinquelle’’, Bad Brambach (Central Europe). J. Geophys. Res. 112, B04307, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004404.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., Niedermann, S., Strauch, G., and Tesař, J., 2008. The natural laboratory NW Bohemia – Comprehensive fluid studies between 1992 and 2005 used to trace geodynamic processes. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 9, Q04018, doi: 10.1029/2007GC001921.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., and Strauch, G., 2009. Earthquake swarms in non-volcanic regions: What fluids have to say. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L17309, doi: 10.1029/2009GL039615.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., Koch, U., and Strauch, G., 2011. Monthly monitoring of gas and isotope compositions in the free gas phase at degassing locations close to the Nový Kostel focal zone in the western Eger Rift, Czech Republic. Chem. Geol. 290, 163-176, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.09.012.
  • Bräuer, K., Kämpf, H., Strauch, G., 2014. Seismically triggered anomalies in the isotope signatures of mantle-derived gases detected at degassing sites along two neighboring faults in NW Bohemia, central Europe, J. Geophys. Res. 119, 5613–5632 doi: 10.1002/2014JB011044.
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  • Dahm, T., Fischer, T., and Hainzl, S., 2008. Mechanical intrusion models and their implications for the possibility of magma-driven swarms in NW Bohemia region. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 52, 529-548.
  • Dahm, T. and Fischer, T., 2013. Using wave arrival time differences to estimate velocity ratio variations in the source region of earthquake swarms. Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt410.
  • Dahm, T., Hrubcová, P., Fischer, T., Horálek, J., Korn, M., Buske, S., and Wagner, D. , 2013. Eger Rift ICDP: an observatory for study of non-volcanic, mid-crustal earthquake swarms and accompanying phenomena, Sci. Dril., 16, 93-99, doi: 10.5194/sd-16-93-2013.
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  • Faber, E., Horálek, J., BouÊková, A., Teschner, M., Koch, U., Poggenburg, J., 2009. Continuous gas monitoring in the west bohemian earthquake area, Czech Republic: first results. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 53, 315007.
  • Fischer, T., and Horálek, J., 2003. Space-time distribution of earthquake swarms in the principal focal zone of the NW Bohemia / Vogtland seismoactive region, Journal of Geodynamics 35, 125-144.
  • Fischer, T., and Michálek, J., 2008. Post 2000-swarm microearthquake activity in the principal focal zone of West Bohemia/ Vogtland: space-time distribution and waveform similarity analysis. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 52, 493-511.
  • Fischer T., Horálek J., Michálek J., Boušková A., 2010. The 2008-West Bohemia earthquake swarm in the light of the WEBNET network, J. Seismol., 14, 665–682.
  • Fischer, T. and Guest, A., 2011. Shear and tensile earthquakes caused by fluid injection. Geophys. Res. Lett. 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045447 (L05307).
  • Fischer, T., Štěpančíková, P., Karousová, M., Tábořík, P., Flechsig, C., Gaballah, M., 2012. Imaging the Mariánské LáznÊ Fault (Czech Republic) by 3-D ground-penetrating radar and electric resistivity tomography. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 56, 1019–1036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11200-012-0825-z.
  • Fischer, T., Bachura, M., 2014. Detection capability of seismic network based on noise analysis and magnitude of completeness, Journal of Seismology 18, 137-150.
  • Fischer, T., Horálek, J., Hrubcová, P., Vavryčuk, V., Bräuer,  K., Kämpf, H., 2014. Intra-continental earthquake swarms in West-Bohemia and Vogtland: a review, Tectonophysics 611, 1-27, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.001.
  • Fischer. T., Heinicke, J., Matyska, C., Vlček, J., 2015. Earthquake sequence in West Bohemia/Vogtland responsible for the sudden increase of CO2 flow rate? Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 17, EGU2015.
  • Flechsig, C., R. Bussert, J. Rechner, C. Schütze, and H. Kämpf. 2008. The Hartoušov Mofette Field in the Cheb Basin, Western Eger Rift (Czech Republic): A Comparative Geoelectric, Sedimentologic and Soil Gas Study of a Magmatic Diffuse CO2 -Degassing Structure. Z Geol Wiss 36, 177-193.
  • Flechsig C, Fabig T, Rücker C, Schütze C, 2010. Geoelectrical investigations in the Cheb Basin/W Bohemia: an approach to evaluate the near-surface conductivity structure. Stud Geophys Geod 54, 417-437.

  • Flechsig, Ch., Heinicke, J., Mrlina, J., Kämpf, H., Nickschick, T., Schmidt, A., Bayer, T., Günther, T., Rücker, C., Seidel, E. and Seidl, M. 2015. Integrated geophysical and geological methods to investigate the inner and outer structures of the Quaternary Mýtina maar (W-Bohemia, Czech Republic). Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch), 2087-2105, doi: 10.1007/s00531-014-1136-0.

  • Flores-Estrella, H., Umlauft, J., Schmidt, A., Korn, M., 2015. Locating mofettes using seismic noise records from small dense arrays and Matched Field Processing Analysis in the NW Bohemia/Vogtland region, Czech Republic, Near Surface Geophysics, .
  • Frank-Fahle, B. A., Yergeau, É., Greer, C. W., Lantuit, H., Wagner, D. (2014): Microbial Functional Potential and Community Composition in Permafrost-Affected Soils of the NW Canadian Arctic. - Plos One, 9, p. e84761
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  • Gaždová, R., Fischer, T., Kolinsky, P., Novotny. O., 2012. Tidal analysis of groundwater level variations and CO2 flow fluctuation in the seismically active region of western Bohemia. Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 14, EGU2012-2682-2.
  • Geissler, W. H., Kämpf, H., Bankwitz, P., and Bankwitz, E., 2004. The Quaternary tephra-tuff deposit of Mýtina (southern rim of the western Eger Graben/Czech Republic): Indications for eruption and deformation processes (in German with summary in English). Z. Geol. Wiss. 32, 1, 31-54.
  • Geissler, W.H., Kämpf, H., Kind, R., Klinge, K., Plenefisch, T., Horálek, J., Zedník, J., and Nehybka, V., 2005. Seismic structure and location of a CO2 source in the upper mantle of the western Eger rift, Central Europe. Tectonics 24, TC5001, doi: 0.10292004TC001672.
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  • Geissler, W.H., Kämpf, H., Skacelova, Z., Plomerova, J., Babuska, V., Kind, R., 2012. Lithosphere structure of the NE Bohemian Massif (Sudetes)- a teleseismic receiver function study. Tectonophysics 564-565, 12-37.
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