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We considered the seismic regime in the upper 70–100 km of the lithosphere and identified the layers (at depths of about 10, 20–30, and 60–80 km) characterized by relatively reduced effective strength and increased seismicity. The existence of such layers is related to changes in the regime of fluid-rock interaction, namely, to the characteristic depths of a jump-like decrease in the effective permeability of rocks and an increase in the spatial homogeneity of a fluid-rock system.
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Original Russian Text © B.V. Levin, M.V. Rodkin, E.V. Sasorova, 2010, published in Fizika Zemli, 2010, No. 5, pp. 88–96.
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Levin, B.V., Rodkin, M.V. & Sasorova, E.V. Specific features of the seismic regime in the lithosphere: Manifestations of the deep aqueous fluid action. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 46, 451–459 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351310050113
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