Seismic detection limits of small, deep, man-made reflectors: A test at a geothermal site in northern Germany

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1567-1573

  Weber, Michael ^a,b   Zetsche, Falko ^a,c   Ryberg, Trond ^a   Schulze, Albrecht ^a   Spangenberg, Erik ^a   Huenges, Ernst ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLUID INJECTIONS; FRACTURE POROSITY; GEOTHERMAL SITES; SEISMIC DETECTION LIMITS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MONITORING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 24944482826     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040124     Document Type: Article

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