Earthquake swarms in non-volcanic regions: What fluids have to say

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Bräuer, Karin ^a   Kämpf, Horst ^b   Strauch, Gerhard ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; HELIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; FOCAL ZONES; FREE GAS; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA INTRUSION; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC REGION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; HELIUM; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; RIFT ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EGER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEVES; HUNGARY;

EID: 71949086773     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039615     Document Type: Article

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