Pore-pressure diffusion: A possible triggering mechanism for the earthquake swarms 2000 in Vogtland/NW-Bohemia, central Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Parotidis, M ^a   Rothert, E ^a   Shapiro, S A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; PORE-PRESSURE DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; MAGMATIC FLUIDS; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; QUATERNARY VOLCANISMS; SEISMICITY PATTERN; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMICITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; VOGTLAND;

EID: 1242277429     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018110     Document Type: Article

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