Structural controls on a carbon dioxide-driven mud volcano field in the Northern Apennines (Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy): Relations with pre-existing steep discontinuities and seismicity

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-54

  Bonini, Marco ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Faults; Fluid circulation and fluid pressure; Mud volcanism; Northern Apennines; Pre existing brittle fabrics; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

FAULTS; FLUID CIRCULATION AND FLUID PRESSURE; MUD VOLCANISM; NORTHERN APENNINES; PRE-EXISTING BRITTLE FABRICS; SEISMICITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FABRICS; FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXIDES; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; VOLCANOES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BRITTLE MEDIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; NORMAL FAULT; OVERPRESSURE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VENTING; VOLCANO;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649216076     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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