Hydrological influences on long-term gas flow trends at locations in the Vogtland/NW Bohemian seismic region (German-Czech border)

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-568

  Koch, Ulrich ^a   Heinicke, Jens ^a  

^a Saxon Academy of Sciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas flow; Ground water level; Mineral springs; Mofettes; Seismo hydrology

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEGASSING; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GAS FLOW; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MAGMA CHAMBER; RECONSTRUCTION; SPRING WATER;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHEB BASIN; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; KARLOVARSKY; VOGTLAND;

EID: 44949106639     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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