Uplift and seismicity driven by groundwater depletion in central California

Nature

Volumn 509, Issue 7501, 2014, Pages 483-486

  Amos, Colin B ^a   Audet, Pascal ^b   Hammond, William C ^c   Bürgmann, Roland ^d   Johanson, Ingrid A ^d   Blewitt, Geoffrey ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; SEASONALITY; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; DEPLETION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LITHOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; PARKFIELD; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84898879570     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13275     Document Type: Article

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