Streamflow and water well responses to earthquakes

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5628, 2003, Pages 2047-2049

  Montgomery, David R ^a   Manga, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; ROCKS; STREAM FLOW; WATER WELLS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND MOTION; GROUNDWATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER LEVEL; WELL;

EARTHQUAKE; HYDROLOGY; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037595560     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082980     Document Type: Review

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