The 1912 earthquake in South Baikal: Traces in bottom sediments and gas release into the water column

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1342-1350

  Vologina, E G ^a   Sturm, M ^b   Radziminovich, Ya B ^a   Vorob'eva, S S ^c   Shchetnikov, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bottom sediments; Diatoms; Earthquake; Lake Baikal; Magnetic susceptibility; Methane; Rate of recent sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METHANE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER COLUMN;

CISBAIKALIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84870279126     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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