Mechanism of water level changes during earthquakes: Near field versus intermediate field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Chi Yuen ^a   Chia, Yeeping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MECHANISMS; SEDIMENTATION;

WATER LEVEL CHANGES; INTERMEDIATE FIELDS; NEAR FIELDS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CYCLIC LOADING; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY; VOLUME CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 50849109211     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034227     Document Type: Article

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