Tilt and strain deformation induced by hydrologically active natural fractures: Application to the tiltmeters installed in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines observatory (France)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 667-677

  Longuevergne, Laurent ^a,e   Florsch, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Boudin, Frédéric ^d   Oudin, Ludovic ^a   Camerlynck, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental neotectonics; Fracture and faults; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrology; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDROLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; STRAIN RATE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TILT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67749130732     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04197.x     Document Type: Article

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