Delimitation of ground failure zones due to land subsidence using gravity data and finite element modeling in the Querétaro valley, México

Engineering Geology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 143-160

  Pacheco, Jesús ^a   Arzate, Jorge ^a   Rojas, Eduardo ^b   Arroyo, Moises ^b   Yutsis, Vsevolod ^c   Ochoa, Gil ^b  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Gravity; Ground failure; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAILURE ZONES; GRAVITY DATA; GROUND FAILURE; LAND SUBSIDENCE;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITY; GROUND CONDITIONS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUBSIDENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUERETARO;

EID: 33748668472     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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