Multiplet-clustering analysis reveals structural details within the seismic cloud at the Soultz geothermal field, France

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1606-1620

  Moriya, Hirokazu ^a   Niitsuma, Hiroaki ^a   Baria, Roy ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEIE Explor Miniere de la Chaleur   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MICROSEISMIC LOCATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALSACE; FRANCE; SOULTZ SOUS FORETS;

EID: 0242306056     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020072     Document Type: Article

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