Gas flow anomalies in seismogenic zones in the Upper Tiber Valley, Central Italy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 794-806

  Heinicke, J ^a   Braun, T ^b   Burgassi, P ^c   Italiano, F ^d   Martinelli, G ^e  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c Air Liquide Italia srl   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^e ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Microearthquakes; Pore pressure diffusion; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EMISSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID EXPULSION; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TIBER VALLEY;

EID: 33750720000     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03134.x     Document Type: Article

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