Temporal change in groundwater level following the 1999 (Mw = 7.5) Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan

Geofluids

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-220

  Wang, Chi Yuen ^a   Wang, C H ^b   Kuo, C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthequake; Groundwater; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; GROUNDWATER; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 3342920612     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2004.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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