Groundwater chemical anomaly before and after the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-320

  Song, Sheng Rong ^a   Ku, Wei Yi ^a   Chen, Yaw Lin ^a   Lin, Y Chieh ^a   Liu, Chia Mei ^a   Kuo, Li Wei ^a   Yang, Tsanyao F ^a   Lo, Huann Jih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bottled water; Chi Chi earthquake; Geochemistry; Precursor

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING;

NANTOU COUNTY; PULI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0242458304     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2003.14.3.311(T)     Document Type: Article

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