Hydrogeochemical anomalies in the springs of the chiayi area in west-central Taiwan as possible precursors to earthquakes

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-691

  Song, S R ^a   Ku, W Y ^a   Chen, Y L ^a,b   Liu, C M ^a   Chen, H F ^a   Chan, P S ^a   Chen, Y G ^a   Yang, T F ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Liu, T K ^a   Lee, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Chloride ion; Earthquake precursor; Hot and artesian springs; Sulfate ion; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; SLIP; SPRING WATER;

EID: 33646381342     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0046-x     Document Type: Article

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