Seismogenesis and occurrence of earthquakes as observed by temporally continuous gravity variations in China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-21

  Gu, Gongxu ^a   Kuo, John T ^b   Liu, Keren ^a   Zheng, Jinhan ^a   Lu, Hongyan ^a   Liu, Duanfa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Gravity variations; Groundwater; Subsurface fluids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002821316     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885502     Document Type: Article

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