The 2004 Mw 4.4 Rotenburg, northern Germany, earthquake and its possible relationship with gas recovery

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 691-704

  Dahm, Torsten ^a   Krüger, Frank ^b   Stammler, Klaus ^c   Klinge, Klaus ^c   Kind, Rainer ^d   Wylegalla, Kurt ^d   Grasso, Jean Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c Seismologisches Zentralobservarium Gräfenberg ^*  (Germany)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TECTONICS;

AFTERSHOCK; GAS RECOVERY; NORMAL FAULT;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; GAS PRODUCTION; MODELING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HANNOVER; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 34250872204     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050149     Document Type: Article

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