Hydrothermal alteration as a trigger mechanism for earthquake swarms: The Vogtland/NW Bohemia region as a case study

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Heinicke, J ^a   Fischer, T ^b   Gaupp, R ^c   Gotze J ^a   Koch, U ^a   Konietzky, H ^a   Stanek, K P ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Fracture and flow; Fractures and faults; Gas and hydrate systems; Hydrothermal systems

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT ZONE; GAS HYDRATE; GEODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; VOGTLAND;

EID: 67650169151     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04138.x     Document Type: Article

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