High-precision relocation and focal mechanism of the 2002 rain-triggered earthquake swarms at Mt Hochstaufen, SE Germany

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1513-1528

  Kraft, T ^a   Wassermann, J ^a   Igel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Focal mechanism determination; Master event relocation; Micro earthquakes warm; Probabilistic non linear inversion; Rainfall triggered seismicity

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RELOCATION; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33845296925     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03171.x     Document Type: Article

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