Near-lithostatic pore pressure at seismogenic depths: A thermoporoelastic model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1318-1334

  Zencher, Francesca ^a   Bonafede, Maurizio ^a   Stefansson, Ragnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cracked media; Faulting; Fluids in rocks; Oceanic crust; Permeability

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MAGMA; MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; SEISMIC ZONE; VOLCANISM;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33747598509     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03069.x     Document Type: Article

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