Tomáš Fischer Ph.D. associate professor

Research interests

Injection induced seismicity; Earthquake localization; Triggering mechanisms of earthquakes; Earthquake swarms; Earthquake source mechanisms; Seismic data processing; Geothermal energy

Teaching

Geophysical fields; Applied seismology; Geoelectric methods; Geothermal energy

Selected papers (Web of Science)

Fischer T., Horálek J., Michálek J. and Boušková A., 2010. The 2008-West Bohemia earthquake swarm in the light of the WEBNET network, Journal of Seismology, in print,

Eisner, L., Fischer T. and Rutledge J., 2009. Determination of S-wave slowness from a linear array of borehole receivers, Geoph. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03939.x.

Blecha, V., Štemprok, M. and Fischer, T., 2009. Geological interpretation of gravity profiles through the Karlovy Vary granite massif (Czech Republic), Stud. Geophys. Geod., 53, 295-314.

Fischer T., Hainzl S. and Dahm T. 2009. Asymmetric hydraulic fracture as a result of driving stress gradients, Geoph. J. Int., 179, 634–639, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04316.x

Heinicke J., Fischer T., Gaupp R., Götze J., Koch U., Konietzky H., and Stanek K.-P., 2009. Hydrothermal alteration as a trigger mechanism for earthquake swarms: the Vogtland / NW Bohemia region as a case study. Geoph. J. Int., in print.

Horálek J., Fischer T., Boušková A., Michálek J., Hrubcová P., 2009. The West Bohemian 2008-earthquake swarm: When, where, what size and data, Stud. Geophys. Geod., 53, 351-358.

Fischer T., and Horálek J., 2009. Comment on the “Geodynamic pattern of the West Bohemia region based on permanent GPS measurements” by V. Schenk, Z. Schenková and Z. Jechumtálová, (Stud. Geophys. Geod., 53(2009), 329–341), Stud. Geophys. Geod., 53, 343–344.

Horálek J., Fischer T., 2008. Role of crustal fluids in triggering the West Bohemia/Vogtland earthquake swarms: just what we know (a review), Stud. Geophys. Geod., 52, 455-478.

Fischer T., 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.

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.

Fischer, T. Hainzl, S., Eisner L., Shapiro S. Le Calvez J., 2008. Microseismic signatures of hydraulic fracture growth in sediment formations: Observations and modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B02307, doi:10.1029/2007JB005070.

Babuška V., Plomerová J., Fischer T, 2007. Intraplate seismicity in the western Bohemian Massif (central Europe): a possible correlation with a paleoplate junction. J. Geodynamics 44, 149–159, doi: 10.1016/j.jog. 2007.02.004.

Fischer T., Kalenda P., Skalský L., 2006. Weak tidal correlation of NW-Bohemia/Vogtland earthquake swarms, Tectonophysics, 424, 259-269.

Fischer T., 2005. Modeling of multiple-events using empirical Greens functions: method, application to swarm earthquakes and implications for their rupture propagation. Geophys. J. Int., 163, 991-1005, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02739.x.

Fischer, T., Horálek, J., 2005. Slip-generated patterns of swarm microearthquakes from West Bohemia/Vogtland (central Europe): Evidence of their triggering mechanism?, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B05S21, doi:10.1029/ 2004JB003363.

Fischer T., 2003. The August-December 2000 Earthquake swarm in NW Bohemia: the first results based on automatic processing of seismograms. J. Geodynamics, 35/1-2, 59-81.

Fischer T., Horálek J., 2003. Space-time distribution of earthquake swarms in the principal focal zone of the NW Bohemia/Vogtland seismoactive region: period 1985-2001. J. Geodynamics, 35/1-2, 125-144.

Fischer T., 2003. Automatic location of swarm earthquakes from local network data. Stud. Geophys. Geod., 47, 83-98.

Hainzl S., Fischer T., 2002. Indications for a successively triggered rupture growth underlying the 2000 earthquake swarm in Vogtland/NW-Bohemia. J. Geophys. Res., 107, NO. B12, 2338, doi: 10.1029/2002JB001865.

Horálek J., Šílený J., Fischer T., 2002. Moment tensors of the January 1997 earthquake swarm in NW Bohemia (Czech Republic): double couple vs. non-double couple events. Tectonophysics, 356 (1-3) 65-85.

Fischer, T. and Horálek, J., 2000. Refined locations of the swarm earthquakes in the Nový Kostel focal zone and spatial distribution of the January 1997 swarm in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 44, 210-226.

Horálek, J., Šílený, J., Fischer, T., Slancová, A. and Boušková, A, 2000. Scenario of the January 1997 West Bohemia Earthquake swarm. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 44, 491-521.

Horálek J., Fischer T., Boušková A. and Jedlička P., 2000. Western Bohemia/Vogtland region in the light of the WEBNET network. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 44, 107-125.

Horálek J., Boušková A., Hampl F., and Fischer T., 1996. Seismic regime of the West-Bohemian earthquake swarm region: Preliminary results. Stud. Geophys. Geod. 40, 398-412.