The driving forces behind the Caspian Sea mean water level oscillations

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1821-1830

  Ozyavas, Aziz ^a   Khan, Shuhab D ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Climate; Earthquake; Mud volcanism; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CASPIAN SEA; CLIMATE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DRIVING FORCES; FOCAL MECHANISM; HYDROLOGIC BUDGETS; LAKE LEVELS; MEAN WATER LEVELS; MUD VOLCANISM; MUD VOLCANOES; OFFSHORE OIL; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; WATER BALANCE; WATER BUDGET; WATER-LEVEL VARIATIONS;

BUDGET CONTROL; EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION;

WATER LEVELS;

AFTERSHOCK; CLIMATE FORCING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MUD VOLCANO; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SEISMICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 84857654481     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1163-0     Document Type: Article

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