Expulsion of geopressured hydrothermal system along active faults and its relation to the occurrence of earthquakes in the Shinanogawa seismic belt, Japan

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-281

  Xu, Huilong ^a   Yasue, Oki ^b   Osamu, Sato ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1995 Northern Niigata Earthquake; Buried active fault; Expulsion of GHS; Geopressured hydrothermal system (GHS); Shinanogawa seismic belt

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

1995 NORTHERN NIIGATA EARTHQUAKE; BURIED ACTIVE FAULT; EXPULSION OF GHS; GEOPRESSURED HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM (GHS); GEOPRESSURED HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; SHINANOGAWA SEISMIC BELT;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; CHLORIDE; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID EXPULSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33746343998     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0190     Document Type: Article

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