Hydrogeochemical precursors in Kamchatka (Russia) related to the strongest earthquakes in 1988-1997

• Main Authors: Biagi P. F., Cozzi E., Khatkevich Y. M., Gordeev E. I., ERMINI, ANITA
• Other Authors: Biagi, Pf, Ermini, A, Cozzi, E, Khatkevich, Ym, Gordeev, Ei
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL 2000
• Subjects: Earthquake; Hydrogeochemical; Kamchatka; Precursors; Settore FIS/07 - FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI; AMBIENTALI; BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA); Settore FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE; Kamchatka Peninsula; Pacific; Petropavlovsk
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2108/50923

The Kamchatka peninsula, located in the far east of Russia, is a geologically active margin where the Pacific plate subducts beneath the North American and Eurasia plates. This area is characterised by frequent and strong seismic activity (magnitudes up to 8.5) and epicentres are generally distribut...