Implications of coseismic groundwater level changes observed at multiple-well monitoring stations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Chia, Yeeping ^a   Chiu, Jessie J ^b   Chiang, Yi Hsuan ^a   Lee, Tsai Ping ^a   Wu, Yih Min ^a   Horng, Ming Jame ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamicsand mechanics of faulting; Earthquakeinteraction, forecasting, and prediction; Hydrogeophysics; Hydrology; Seismicmonitoring and test ban treaty verification

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HYDROLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 37449004974     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03628.x     Document Type: Article

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