Induced seismicity in the Castanhão reservoir, NE Brazil - Preliminary results

Tectonophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Ferreira, J M ^a   Franca G S ^a   Vilar, C S ^a   do Nascimento, A F ^a   Bezerra, F H R ^a   Assumpcao M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

NE Brazil; Pore pressure diffusion; Reservoir induced seismicity; Undrained response

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

BRAZIL; CASTANHAO RESERVOIR; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 47049129210     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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