Earthquake-related elemental and isotopic lead anomaly in a springwater

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Poitrasson, Franck ^a   Dundas, Siv Hjorth ^b   Toutain, Jean Paul ^a   Munoz, Margot ^a   Rigo, Alexis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Norges Geologiske Underskelse   (Norway)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Geochemical anomalies; Ground water; Inductively coupled plasma methods; Strain

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; LEAD; SPRING WATER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033563842     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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