<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Mechanical Response of Shallow Crust to Groundwater Storage Variations: Inferences From Deformation and Seismic Observations in the Eastern Southern Alps, Italy"^^ . "Changes in continental water storage generate vertical surface deformation, induce crustal stress perturbations and modulate seismicity rates. However, the degree to which regional changes in terrestrial water content influence crustal stresses and the occurrence of earthquakes remains an open problem. We show how changes in groundwater storage, computed for a ~1000 km^2 basin, focus deformation in a narrow zone, causing large horizontal, non-seasonal displacements. We present results from a karstic mountain range located at the edge of the Adria-Eurasia plate boundary system in northern Italy, where shortening is accommodated across an active fold-and-thrust belt. The presence of geological structures with high permeabilities and of deeply rooted hydrologically-active fractures focus groundwater fluxes and pressure changes, generating transient surface horizontal displacements up to 5 mm and perturbations of crustal stress up to 25 kPa at seismogenic depths. The background seismicity rates appear correlated, without evident temporal delay, with groundwater storage changes in the hydrological basin. With no evidence of pore pressure propagation from the hydrologically-active fractures, seismicity modulation is likely affected by direct stress changes on faults planes."^^ . "2021" . . "126" . "2" . . "American Geophysical Union"^^ . . . "Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth"^^ . . . "21699313" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Maria Elina"^^ . "Belardinelli"^^ . "Maria Elina Belardinelli"^^ . . "Alexander"^^ . "Garcia"^^ . "Alexander Garcia"^^ . . "Francesco"^^ . "Pintori"^^ . "Francesco Pintori"^^ . . "Licia"^^ . "Faenza"^^ . "Licia Faenza"^^ . . "Adriano"^^ . "Gualandi"^^ . "Adriano Gualandi"^^ . . "Enrico"^^ . "Serpelloni"^^ . "Enrico Serpelloni"^^ . . "Laurent"^^ . "Longuevergne"^^ . "Laurent Longuevergne"^^ . . "Lucio"^^ . "D'Alberto"^^ . "Lucio D'Alberto"^^ . . "Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Settore di Geofisica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy"^^ . . . "Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy,"^^ . . . "Univ Rennes, CNRS, Geosciences Rennes, Rennes, France,"^^ . . . "Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy,"^^ . . . "Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy,"^^ . . . "ARPA Veneto, Inland Waters Office, Padova, Italy"^^ . . . "Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy, Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA"^^ . . . "Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Settore di Geofisica, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #2319 \n\nMechanical Response of Shallow Crust to Groundwater Storage Variations: Inferences From Deformation and Seismic Observations in the Eastern Southern Alps, Italy\n\n" . "text/html" . .