Hydrological triggering of the seismicity around a salt diapir in Castellane, France

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 20-29

  Bollinger, Laurent ^a   Nicolas, Marc ^a   Marin, Sylvie ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

earthquake triggering; induced seismicity; pore fluid pressure; salt diapir

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; INDUCED SEISMICITY; LOCAL STATE; LOW LEVEL; MACROSEISMIC; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEISMIC EVENT; SHALLOW SEISMICITY; STRESS CHANGES;

AQUIFERS; EARTHQUAKES; GYPSUM; LOADING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GYPSUM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEISMICITY;

FRANCE; PROVENCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VERDON RIVER;

EID: 74149083555     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.051     Document Type: Article

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