Fault slip and Coulomb stress variations around a pressured magma reservoir: Consequences on seismicity and magma intrusion

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-411

  Gargani, Julien ^a   Geoffroy, L ^a   Gac, S ^b   Cravoisier, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; FAULT SLIP; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA CHAMBER; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 33751375984     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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