Earthquakes Induced by the stimulation of an enhanced geothermal system below Basel (Switzerland)

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 784-798

  Deichmann, Nicholas ^a   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70349497515     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.5.784     Document Type: Article

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