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Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2003.tb10361.x
Subject(s) - snowmelt , spring (device) , snow , surface runoff , range (aeronautics) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , water year , physical geography , geography , climatology , meteorology , geology , geotechnical engineering , cartography , engineering , ecology , drainage basin , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering , biology
This article reports on a Japanese study that links the spring snowmelt in the mountain range in the center of Japan's island chain with a higher incidence of earthquakes in the spring and summer than in the fall and winter. The study postulates that as the spring thaw and runoff reduce the weight of the snow, averaging 1,000 kg/m2 (200 psi), the ground rebounds, changing the strain on earthquake faults.