Seismic swarms, fluid flow and hydraulic conductivity in the forearc offshore North Costa Rica and Nicaragua

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1789-1799

  Thorwart, Martin ^a   Dzierma, Yvonne ^a   Rabbel, Wolfgang ^a   Hensen, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central American subduction zone; Diffusivity; Earthquake swarms; Permeability

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COCOS PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIFFUSIVITY; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FLUID FLOW; FOREARC BASIN; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 84908519422     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-013-0960-y     Document Type: Article

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