TY  - JOUR
ID  - epos1485
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00001266
IS  - 1
A1  - Assumpcao, Marcelo
A1  - Marza, Vasile
A1  - Barros, Lucas
A1  - Chimpliganond, Cristiano
A1  - Soares, Jose Eduardo
A1  - Carvalho, Juraci
A1  - Caixeta, Daniel
A1  - Amorim, Alexandre
A1  - Cabral, Edmar
N2  - A compilation of 16 cases of reservoir-induced seismicity in Brazil is presented with maximum magnitudes ranging from 1.6?M L to 4.2?m b . The compilation includes: location of the main epicentral area with respect to the reservoir (inside the lake, at the margin, or outside), predominant geology, and the temporal distribution of the main phase(s) of activity (initial or delayed in relation to impoundment). Data on the regional stress field for some reservoirs is also included. Four recent cases are discussed in more detail: Tucuruí, Nova Ponte, Miranda, and Serra da Mesa. A comparison with all other reservoirs deeper than 30?m and 50?m suggests that the hazard for induced-seismicity varies within Brazil: the NE part of the intracratonic Paraná basin has higher hazard as compared with the southern part of the same basin. No correlation of the induced hazard with variations in natural seismicity can be observed.
VL  - 159
TI  - Reservoir-induced Seismicity in Brazil
AV  - none
EP  - 617
Y1  - 2002///
PB  - Springer Verlag
JF  - Pure and Applied Geophysics
KW  - Intraplate seismicity
KW  -  Brazil
KW  -  induced earthquakes
KW  -  seismic hazard
SN  - 0033-4553
SP  - 597
ER  -