Mine water discharge and flooding: A cause of severe earthquakes

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Klose, Christian D ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake hazards; Environmental change; Extractive industries; Flooding; Mine water discharge; Mining triggered earthquakes; Natural resources; Risks; Sustainable development; Water exploitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548545224     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-007-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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