Book Details

Water and Earthquakes

Publication year: 2021

ISBN: 978-3-030-64308-9

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This book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination.


Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Geophysics, Geodesy, Hydrology, Water Resources, Hydrogeology, Natural Hazards, Groundwater Response, water-induced seismicity, Liquefaction, Mud Volcanoes, Stream discharge, Hydrologic Precursors, Hydrologic changes after earthquakes, Induced seismicity