Hydrological effects of the M w 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake, 4 September 2010, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-247

  Cox, S C ^a   Rutter, H K ^b   Sims, A ^c   Manga, M ^d   Weir, J J ^b   Ezzy, T ^e   White, P A ^a   Horton, T W ^f   Scott, D ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b AQUALINC RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Environment Canterbury   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Artesian; Earthquake; Groundwater; Liquefaction; Piezometric level

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; LIQUEFACTION; PIEZOMETER; WATER LEVEL;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; DARFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

CENTROSTEGIA THURBERI;

EID: 84866975766     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2012.680474     Document Type: Article

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