Implications for the water level change triggered moderate (M ≥ 4.0) earthquakes in Lake Van basin, Eastern Turkey

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-117

  Utkucu, Murat ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern Anatolia; Hydrogeological triggering; Lake Van; Reservoir induced seismicity; Turkey; Water level change and earthquakes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKE LEVEL; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; WATER LEVEL;

EURASIA; TURKEY; VAN;

EID: 33745011335     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-005-9002-y     Document Type: Article

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