Large-scale aseismic motion identified through 4-D P-wave tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1295-1314

  Calo M ^a   Dorbath, C ^a,b   Cornet, F H ^c   Cuenot, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GET (IRD UMR234)   (France)

^c Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^d GEIE ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Hydrogeophysics; Intra plate processes; Rheology and friction of fault zones; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLUID DIFFUSION; GROUND SURFACES; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; INJECTION CONDITIONS; INJECTION FLOW RATE; INJECTION PERIOD; INJECTION SCHEMES; INTRA-PLATE PROCESSES; MICROSEISMICITY; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PARAMETER DEPENDENCE; POST PROCESSING; ROCK MASS; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER RHINE GRABEN; VELOCITY VARIATIONS;

FLOW RATE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

WATER INJECTION;

FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; P-WAVE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 80051810547     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05108.x     Document Type: Article

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