Injection-induced earthquakes and crustal stress at 9 km depth at the KTB deep drilling site, Germany

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 18477-18491

  Zoback, Mark D ^a   Harjes, Hans Peter ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEEP DRILLING; INDUCED SEISMICITY; KTB BOREHOLE; STRESS;

GERMANY, BAVARIA, KTB SITE;

EID: 0031411292     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02814     Document Type: Article

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