Time series decomposition of groundwater level changes in wells due to the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan: A possible hydrological precursor to earthquakes

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-524

  Gau, Hwa Sheng ^a   Chen, Ting Chien ^b   Chen, Jui Sheng ^c   Liu, Chen Wuing ^d  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ground water level; Seismic; Time series decomposition

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; TIME SERIES DECOMPOSITION;

GROUNDWATER;

EARTHQUAKES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER WELLS;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CONFINED AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33847022252     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6257     Document Type: Article

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