A database on occurence patterns of unusual geological incidents in southwest Peninsular India and its implication on future seismic activity

Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-88

  Singh, N H ^a   Mathai, J ^a   Neelakandan, V N ^a   Shankar, D ^b   Singh, V P ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Ground fissures; Groundwater anomalies; Kerala; Land subsidence; Precursors; Southwest Peninsular India; Unusual geological incidents; Well collapse

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL MECHANICS; TECTONICS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

CRUST; HINTERLANDS; MICROEARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES; RAPID GROUND VIBRATIONS;

GEOLOGY;

DATABASE; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16344364364     PISSN: 12178977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AGeod.40.2005.1.6     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Anonymous 2001: Report on the incidence of open-well collapse in Kerala during June 2001. Prepared by CESS, CGWB, SGWD, DMG and GSI, submitted to the Government of Kerala
2. Bhattacharya S N, Dattatrayam R S 2002: Current Science, 82 (10), 1275-1278.
3. Costa J E, Baker V R 1981: Surficial Geology. Building with the earth. John Wiley and Sons Inc.
4. Freund F 2000: J. Geoph. Res., 105, 11001-11019.
5. GSI 1994: Project Vasundhara. GSI, Govt. of India Pub.
6. GSI 1995: Geological and Mineralogical map of Kerala, GSI, Govt. of India Publication
7. Hari Narain, Rastogi B K 1970: Source parameters and focal mechanism studies of some Indian earthquakes. India Geophysical Union, 33-45.
8. Kuo T C 1964: Acta Geopys. Sinica, 13, 223.
9. Mathai J, Singh H N 2001: Collapse of open wells and other related phenomena in Kerala. CESS Technical Rep. No. PR-62/2001, 25 p (submitted to the Govt. of Kerala)
10. Nair M M 1987: Jour. Geol. Soc. India, 29, 450-458.
11. Parker G G 1963: Int. Assoc. Sci. Hydrol. Pub., 65, 103-113.
12. Patterson M S 1978: Experimental rock deformation-The brittle field. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
13. Rajendran K, Rajendran C P 1995: A report on the December 2, 1994 Wadakkancheri earthquake. CESS report (Mar'95), 34.
14. Rikitake T 1982: Earthquake forecasting and warning. Centre for Acad. Pub., Japan, 3, 402p.
15. Sasi Kumar V, Sampath S, Mohanan C N, Abraham T K 2002: EOS, 83 (31), 335.
16. Sekiya H 1976: J. Seismol. Soc. Japan, Ser. 2, 29, 299-311.
17. Singh H N, Mathai J 2004: Field investigations for collection of macroscopic and geological data on ground deformation, fluctuation in water level and other incidents in Kerala. CESS Tech. report No. CESS-PR-13-2004
18. Singh H N, Venkatesh Raghavan, Varma A K 1989: Jour. Geol. Soc. India 34, 133-146.
19. Singh H N, Venkatesh Raghavan, Raju G K 1992: Geofizika, 9, 109-122.
20. Sundaram P N, Goodman R E, Chi Yen Wang 1976: Geology, 4, 108-110.
21. Valdiya K S 2000: J. Geol. Soc. India, 57, 13-30.
22. Wakita H 1978: AGU, 1, 443-457.