Well water level changes in Fairbanks, Alaska, due to the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-184

  Sil, Samik ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Sumatra earthquake; Water level

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC WAVE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; SURFACE WAVE; WATER LEVEL; WELL WATER;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645792331     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353376     Document Type: Article

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