Mechanical intrusion models and their implications for the possibility of magma-driven swarms in NW Bohemia Region

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-548

  Dahm, Torsten ^a   Fischer, Tom ^b,c   Hainzl, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarm; Fracture model; Magmatic intrusion; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FRACTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MODELING; SEISMICITY; STRESS;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57549101860     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-008-0036-9     Document Type: Article

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