Investigations about earthquake swarm areas and processes

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 528-535

  Naujoks, M ^a   Jahr, T ^a   Jentzsch, G ^a   Kurz, J H ^b   Hofmann, Y ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c ROSEN GROUP   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarms; Finite element method; Geodynamic modelling; Gravimetric modelling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SWARMS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; STRESS ACCUMULATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; PLASTICITY TESTING; PORE PRESSURE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOOLS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 72049107228     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49350-1_77     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Angenheister, G. (Ed.) (1982). Physical Properties of Rocks, Vol. V l a & l b of Landolt-B6rnstein, Springer, Berlin.
2. Atmaoui, N. and D. Hollnack (2003). Neotectonics and extension direction of the southern Kenya Rift, Lake Magadi area. Tectonophysics, 364, pp. 71-83.
3. Baker, B.H. (1958). Geology of the Magadi Area, Kenya Geol. Surv. Rept., 42.
4. Behr, H.-J., H.-J. Dfirbaum and P. Bankwitz (1994). Crustal structure of the Saxothuringian Zone: Results of the deep seismic profile MVE-90 (East), Z geol. Wiss., 22 (6), pp. 647-769.
5. Benoit, J. and S. McNutt (1996). Global volcanic earthquake swarm database 1979-1989, U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file Report, pp. 69-96.
6. Birt, C. S., Maguire, P. K. H., Khan, M. A. et al. (1997). The influence of pre-existing structures on the evolution of the southern Kenya Rift Valley-evidence from seismic and gravity studies, Tectonophysics, 278, pp. 211-242.
7. Brudy, M., Zoback, M., Fuchs, K., Rummel, F. & Baumgfirtner, J., (1997). Estimation of the complete stress tensor to 8 km depth in the KTB scientific drill holes: Implications for crustal strength, J. Geophys. Res., 102 (8), pp. 18453-18475.
8. Carmichael, R. (1989). Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals, CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA.
9. Grfinthal, G. (1989) About the history of the seismic activity in the focal region Vogtland/Western Bohemia. In: Monitoring and Analysis of the earthquake swarm 1985/86 in the region Vogtland/Westem Bohemia (P. Bormann, Hg.), ZIPE Veröffentlichung Akademie der Wissenschafien der DDR, Potsdam, 110, pp. 30-34.
10. Hemmann, A., T. Meier, G. Jentzsch and A. Ziegert (2003). Similarity of waveforms and relative relocalisation of the earthquake swarm 1997/1998 near Werdau, J. Geodyn., 35, pp. 191-208.
11. Hofmann, Y., T. Jahr and G. Jentzsch (2003). Threedimensional gravimetric modelling to detect the deep structure of the region Vogtland/NW-Bohemia, J. Geodyn., 35, pp. 209-220.
12. Hofmann, Y., T. Jahr, G. Jentzsch, P. Bankwitz and K. Bram (2000). The gravity field of the Vogtland and NW Bohemia: Presentation of a new project, Studia geoph. et geod., 44 (4), pp. 608-610.
13. Ibs-von Seht, M., S. Blumenstein, R. Wagner, D. Hollnack and J. Wohlenberg (2001). Seismicity, seismotectonics and crustal structure of the southern Kenya-Rift-new data from the Lake Magadi area, Geophys. J. Int., 146, pp. 439-453.
14. Kurz, J.H., T. Jahr and G. Jentzsch (2003). Geodynamic modelling of the recent stress and strain field in the Vogtland swarm earthquake area using the finiteelement-method, J. Geodyn., 35, pp. 247-258.
15. Kurz, J.H., T. Jahr and G. Jentzsch (2004). Earthquake swarm examples and a look at the generation mechanism of the Vogtland/Western Bohemia earthquake swarms, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 142 (1), pp. 75-88.
16. Matthfii, S. & G. Roberts (1997) Fluid Flow and Transport in Rocks: Mechanisms and Effects, Chapter 16, pp. 263-295, Chapman & Hall, London.
17. Meissner, R., Wever, T. and E.R. Fltih, (1987). The Moho in Europe-Implications for crustal development, Anhales Geophysicae 5B (4), pp. 357-364.
18. Mogi, K. (1963). Some discussions on aftershocks, foreshocks and earthquake swarms-The fracture of a semiinfinite body caused by an inner stress origin and its relation to the earthquake phenomena, Bull. Earthquake Res. Inst. Tokyo Univ., 41 (3), pp. 615-658.
19. Naujoks, M., T. Jahr, G. Jentzsch and J.H. Kurz (2004). Den Schwarmerdbeben auf der Spur: Vergleichende geodynamische Modellierungen zu Kenia-Rift und Vogtland, Proc. of the 16th German-speaking ABAQUS User Conference, K6nigswinter, Germany, Sept. 20-21.
20. Neunhöfer, H. and B. Tittel (1981). Mikrobeben in der DDR, Z. geol. Wiss., 9 (11), pp. 1285-1289.
21. Neunhöfer, H. and D. Gtith (1988). Mikrobeben seit 1962 im Vogtland, Z. geol. Wiss., 16 (2), pp. 135-146.
22. Prodehl, C. (1997). The KRISP 94 lithospheric investigation of southern Kenya-the experiments and their main results in Structure and Dynamic Processes in the Lithosphere of the Afro-Arabian Rift system, Tectonophysics, 278, pp. 121-147.
23. Safanda, J. and V. Cermfik (2000). Subsurface temperature changes due to the crustal magmatic activity-numerical simulation, Studia geoph, et geod., 44, pp. 327-335.
24. Schltiter, T. (1997). Geology of East Africa. Contributions to the regional geology of the earth, Vol. 27, Gebrfider Bomtrfiger, Berlin, Stuttgart.
25. Simiyu, S.M. and R. Keller (2001). An integrated geophysical analysis of the upper crust of the southern Kenya rift, Geophys. J. Int., 147, pp. 543-561.
26. Vrfina, S. and V. Stödrfi (1997). Geological model of western Bohemia related to the KTB borehole in Germany, J. Geol. Sci., Vol. 47, Prague.
27. Weinlich, F. H., K. Brfiuer, H. Kfimpf et al. (1999). An active subcontinental mantle volatile system in the eastern Eger rift, Central Europe: Gas flux, isotopic (He, C and N) and compositional fingerprints, Geochem. et Cosmochem. Acta, 63 (21), pp. 3653-3671.
28. Wirth, W., T. Plenefisch, K. Klinge, K. Stammler and D. Seidl (2000). Focal mechanisms and stress field in the region Vogtland/Westem Bohemia, Studia geoph, et geod., 44 (2), pp. 126-141.
29. Yamashita, T. (1998). Simulation of seismicity due to fluid migration in a fault zone, Geophys. J. Int., 132, pp. 674-686.