A preliminary note on the recent (late 2009) earthquakes around Koyna in Maharashtra and their seismogenesis

Indian Minerals

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Mishra, O P ^a   Singh, O P ^a   Marathe, S ^a   Pathak, R C ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Mishra, H P ^a   Saha, D K ^a   Ghosh, Biman ^a   Chakrabortty, G K ^a   Mukherjee, K K ^a   Ram, Sagina ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Epicentre location; Koyna earthquakes; Pore fluid pressure; Reservoir induced seismicity; Seismogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE FAULTS; DATA FILES; EPICENTRE LOCATION; FAULT INTERACTIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; LOADING AND UNLOADING; PORE FLUID PRESSURE; RUPTURE ZONE; SATURATED ROCK; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS; STATIC STRESS; SUB-SURFACES; TRANSFER OF STRESS;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; FLUIDS; LOCATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEISMOGRAPHS; UNLOADING;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONFINING PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FLUID PRESSURE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

INDIA; KOYNA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 77953350268     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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