Microearthquake Activity at the Kakkonda Geothermal Field in Japan
- Location
- Kakkonda, Japan; Sengan geothermal area
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1993
- Session
- Geology
- Language
- English
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Abstract
Microearthquakes that occurred at theKakkonda geothermal field were The coincides with the with geological data.This zone is d by a low seismic velocity. the trigger actions which causes microearthquakes in the field seems to be the flow of the geothermal fluid. variations for P-waves and S-waves suggest a 50% of cracks filled with water withinthe zone.
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