Microseismic activity and fluid fault interactions: Some results from the Corinth Rift Laboratory (CRL), Greece

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 561-580

  Bourouis, S ^a   Cornet, Francois H ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Back arcbasin processes; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Fault zone rheology; Permeability and porosity; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT ZONE; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650242309     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04148.x     Document Type: Article

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