Crack density, saturation rate and porosity at the 2001 Bhuj, India, earthquake hypocenter: A fluid-driven earthquake?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 393-405

  Mishra, O P ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack density; Crustal earthquakes; Fluids; Porosity; Saturation rate

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; POROSITY; SATURATION;

BHUJI; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 0042745401     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00285-1     Document Type: Article

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