Role of crustal fluids in triggering the West Bohemia/Vogtland earthquake swarms: Just what we know (a review)

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-478

  Horalek J ^a   Fischer, T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crustal fluids; Earthquakes warms; Models of earthquake swarms; Triggering of earthquakes; West Bohemia Vogtland

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FLUID; FLUID INJECTION; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 57549113662     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-008-0032-0     Document Type: Review

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