Coseismic well-level changes due to the 1992 Roermond earthquake compared to static deformation of half-space solutions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-478

  Grecksch, G ^a   Roth, F ^b   Kumpel H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Hydrology; Roermond earthquake; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ROERMOND EARTHQUAKE 1992; WATER LEVEL; WELL WATER;

EID: 0032711686     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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