A statistical model for the seismicity rate of fluid-injection-induced earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Parotidis, M ^a   Shapiro, S A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

7209 Seismology: Earthquake dynamics and mechanics; 7215 Seismology: Earthquake parameters; 7260 Seismology: Theory and modeling

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDRAULICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

FLUID-INJECTION-INDUCED EARTHQUAKES; POROELASTIC;

EARTHQUAKES;

DIFFUSIVITY; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID INJECTION; HOT DRY ROCK; SEISMICITY;

EID: 9744235055     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020421     Document Type: Article

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