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Hydrogeoseismological Research in Kamchatka: 1977–2017

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This paper is concerned with the main stages in the setting-up and technical development of a system specializing in physical and chemical parameters of groundwater at a network of wells and springs in the Petropavlovsk Geodynamic Test Area, Kamchatka. The focus is on a description of hydrogeochemical and hydrogeodynamic precursors to Kamchatka earthquakes (Мw = 6.6–7.8) that occur a few weeks to a few months before a seismic event, manifesting themselves in anomalous changes in chemical composition and groundwater level. The precursors are discussed in application to their use at specialized councils on earthquake prediction. It is shown that the system of automated observation of groundwater parameters at wells as developed at the Kamchatka Branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KB GS RAS) is capable of identifying hydrogeodynamic precursors of water level in near real time and of providing, in some particular cases, quantitative estimates of pre-seismic and coseismic of deformation in water-saturated rocks. This can be useful in geophysical monitoring and intermediate-term prediction of strong earthquakes for the Kamchatka region.

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This work was supported within the target projects of KB GS RAS, reg. nos AAAA-A16-116070550057-7, AAAA-A16-116070550059-1 and by financial support by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-05-00337 Typification and models of hydrogeological effects of strong earthquakes on the data of water level observations in the wells (on the example of the Kamchatka region).

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Kopylova, G.N., Boldina, S.V. Hydrogeoseismological Research in Kamchatka: 1977–2017. J. Volcanolog. Seismol. 13, 71–84 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0742046319020040

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