Fluid induced seismicity guided by a continental fault: Injection experiment of 2004/2005 at the German Deep Drilling Site (KTB)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Shapiro, S A ^a   Kummerow, Joern ^b   Dinske, Carsten ^a   Asch, G ^a,b   Rothert, E ^a   Erzinger, J ^b   Kumpel H J ^c   Kind, R ^a,b  

^a FU Berlin   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FLUID MECHANICS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY;

CRUSTAL FAULT; FLUID INDUCED SEISMICITY; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; LONG-TERM FLUID INJECTION; SEISMIC REFLECTIVITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; FAULT; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

EID: 33644611938     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024659     Document Type: Article

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