Response of groundwater systems in the Dead Sea Rift Valley to the Nuweiba earthquake: Changes in head, water chemistry, and near-surface effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Bein, Amos ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Earthquake; Groundwater; Water discharge; Water level

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER LEVEL;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 0038521300     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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