Search for earthquake precursors in well water levels in a localized seismically active area of Reservoir Triggered Earthquakes in India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Chadha, R K ^a   Pandey, Ajeet P ^a   Kuempel, H J ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; WATER; FORECASTING; GEOPHYSICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER LEVELS;

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSORS; ACTIVE AREA; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EPICENTRAL DISTANCES; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; TRIGGERED EARTHQUAKES; VITAL PARAMETERS; WELL WATER;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; WATER LEVEL; WELL WATER;

INDIA; KOYNA-WARNA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 0141427611     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016694     Document Type: Article

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