Water level and strain changes preceding and following the August 4, 1985 Kettleman Hills, California, earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-60

  Roeloffs, Evelyn ^a   Quilty, Eddie ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Crustal deformation; Earth tides; Earthquake prediction; Earthquakes; Hydraulic diffusivity; Hydrogeology; Strain

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; EARTH TIDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; KETTLEMAN HILLS EARTHQUAKE 1985; STRAIN; WATER LEVEL;

USA, CALIFORNIA, PARKFIELD;

EID: 0030922998     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00945160     Document Type: Article

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