Variations of absolute gravity accompanying earthquake- induced changes in subsurface pore water pressure at the Mizunami Underground research institute construction site, Central Japan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Tanaka, T ^a   Salden, W ^b   Martin, A J ^c   Saegusa, H ^b   Asai, Y ^a   Aoki, H ^a   Fujita, Y ^b  

^a Chiyoda Building   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Quintessa K K   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absolute gravity; Gravity change; Groundwater; Pore water pressure.

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349159420     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001121     Document Type: Article

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