Seismicity rate and wave-velocity variations as consequences of rainfall: The case of the catastrophic storm of September 2002 in the Nîmes Fault region (Gard, France)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 473-482

  Rigo, Alexis ^a   Béthoux, Nicole ^b   Masson, Frédéric ^c   Ritz, Jean François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Seismicity and tectonics; Time series analysis; Transient deformation; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GEOMETRY; P-WAVE; RAINFALL; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; STORM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

AVIGNON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GARD; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; NIMES; PROVENCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VAUCLUSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42349092512     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03718.x     Document Type: Article

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