On the preparatory processes of the M6.6 earthquake of June 17th, 2000, in Iceland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Bonafede, Maurizio ^a   Ferrari, C ^a   Maccaferri, F ^a   Stefansson R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

FORESHOCKS; HYDROFRACTURES; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; FRACTURE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD; TECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 39549084343     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031391     Document Type: Article

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