Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault

doi:10.1029/2019GL083491

Title: Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault

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Geological Survey of Israel Jerusalem Israel
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of California Santa Cruz CA USA
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami Coral Gables FL USA

Publication Date:: 2019-07-29

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1545416

Grant/Contract Number:: 0000242877

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Geophysical Research Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Volume: 46 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Wetzler, Nadav, Shalev, Eyal, Göbel, Thomas, Amelung, Falk, Kurzon, Ittai, Lyakhovsky, Vladimir, and Brodsky, Emily E. Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Wetzler, Nadav, Shalev, Eyal, Göbel, Thomas, Amelung, Falk, Kurzon, Ittai, Lyakhovsky, Vladimir, & Brodsky, Emily E. Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault.  United States.  doi:10.1029/2019GL083491.

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                    Wetzler, Nadav, Shalev, Eyal, Göbel, Thomas, Amelung, Falk, Kurzon, Ittai, Lyakhovsky, Vladimir, and Brodsky, Emily E. Mon .  
        "Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault".  United States.  doi:10.1029/2019GL083491.

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@article{osti_1545416,

  title        = {Earthquake Swarms Triggered by Groundwater Extraction Near the Dead Sea Fault},

  author       = {Wetzler, Nadav and Shalev, Eyal and Göbel, Thomas and Amelung, Falk and Kurzon, Ittai and Lyakhovsky, Vladimir and Brodsky, Emily E.},

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  doi          = {10.1029/2019GL083491},

  journal      = {Geophysical Research Letters},

  number       = 14,

  volume       = 46,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {7}

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