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Uplift and seismicity driven by groundwater depletion in central California

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  • Colin B. Amos

    (Western Washington University)

  • Pascal Audet

    (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada)

  • William C. Hammond

    (Nevada Geodetic Laboratory, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada)

  • Roland Bürgmann

    (Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California
    University of California)

  • Ingrid A. Johanson

    (Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California)

  • Geoffrey Blewitt

    (Nevada Geodetic Laboratory, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada)

Abstract

Human-caused groundwater depletion in California’s San Joaquin Valley contributes to uplift of the surrounding mountains and may affect the stability of the San Andreas Fault.

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  • Colin B. Amos & Pascal Audet & William C. Hammond & Roland Bürgmann & Ingrid A. Johanson & Geoffrey Blewitt, 2014. "Uplift and seismicity driven by groundwater depletion in central California," Nature, Nature, vol. 509(7501), pages 483-486, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:509:y:2014:i:7501:d:10.1038_nature13275
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13275
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    2. Nabil Sultan & Shane Murphy & Vincent Riboulot & Louis Géli, 2022. "Creep-dilatancy development at a transform plate boundary," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Shujuan Mao & Albanne Lecointre & Robert D. van der Hilst & Michel Campillo, 2022. "Space-time monitoring of groundwater fluctuations with passive seismic interferometry," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    4. Dan Keppen & Tricia Dutcher, 2015. "The 2014 drought and water management policy impacts on California’s Central Valley food production," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 5(3), pages 362-377, September.

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