Difficulties with interpreting changes in groundwater gas content as earthquake precursors in Kamchatka, Russia

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 487-497

  Biagi, P F ^a   Ermini, A ^b   Kingsley, S P ^c   Khatkevich, Y M ^d   Gordeev, E I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chance; Earthquakes; Gases; Groundwater; Kamchatka; Precursors

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; GAS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SEISMICITY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034763882     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012015317086     Document Type: Article

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