Water-level changes induced by local and distant earthquakes at Long Valley caldera, California

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 269-303

  Roeloffs, Evelyn ^a   Sneed, Michelle ^a   Galloway, Devin L ^a   Sorey, Michael L ^a   Farrar, Christopher D ^a   Howle, James F ^a   Hughes, Jennifer ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Hydrothermal systems; Long Valley caldera; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; PRESSURE DROP; ROCKS; STRAIN; WATER LEVELS; WELLS;

HYPOCENTRAL DISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CALDERA; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SEISMIC WAVE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANISM; WATER LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141905781     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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