The Coso geothermal area: A laboratory for advanced MEQ studies for geothermal monitoring

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 403-405

  Julian, Bruce R ^a   Foulger, Gillian R ^b   Richards Dinger, Keith ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypocenter; Microearthquake; Moment tensor; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

MEQ HYPOCENTER LOCATION; MICROEARTHQUAKES (MEQ); MOMENT TRANSFER; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CLAY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING;

EID: 17644419064     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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