Post-earthquake ground movements correlated to pore-pressure transients

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6945, 2003, Pages 179-183

  Jónsson, Sigurjón ^a   Segall, Paul ^b   Pedersen, Rikke ^c   Björnsson, Grímur ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOTHERMAL WELLS; PORE PRESSURE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER LEVELS;

AFTERSHOCKS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GROUND MOVEMENT; PORE PRESSURE; STRAIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID FLOW; FRICTION; ICELAND; MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0038235577     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01776     Document Type: Article

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