Modelling the hydromechanical response in the vicinity of the Koyna reservoir (India): Results for the initial filling period

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 461-477

  Gavrilenko, P ^a   Singh, Chandrani ^b   Chadha, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction, forecasting and prediction; Hydrogeophysics; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

COULOMB STRESS; DIFFUSIVITIES; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MAIN EVENT; MAIN SHOCK; MAJOR EVENTS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITY; POROELASTIC MODEL; PRESSURE CHANGE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC EVENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS FIELD; UNDRAINED; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRESSES;

FORECASTING;

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; DAM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; HYDROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; WATER LEVEL;

INDIA; KOYNA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 78349295718     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04752.x     Document Type: Article

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