Numerical analysis of overpressure development in the new Madrid seismic zone

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Wolf, Lorraine W ^a   Lee, Ming Kuo ^a   Browning, Sharon ^a,b   Tuttle, Martitia P ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c M Tuttle and Associ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTESIAN WELLS; FAULT ZONE; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE (NMSZ); SEISMIC HAZARDS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; OVERPRESSURE; SEISMICITY;

NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18144371986     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040054     Document Type: Article

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