Fault-controlled deformation and stress from pumping-induced groundwater flow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 428-429, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-93

  Hernandez Marin, Martin ^a   Burbey, Thomas J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth fissuring; Horizontal deformation; Shear stress; Tensile stress; Vertical deformation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER-AQUITARD SYSTEM; AQUITARDS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DEFORMATION AND STRESS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EARTH FISSURE; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FAULT PLANES; FAULT ZONE; FISSURE FORMATION; HORIZONTAL DEFORMATION; INDUCED STRESS; LAND SURFACE; PUMPING WELL; STRESS ACCUMULATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; VADOSE ZONE; VERTICAL DEFORMATION;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS;

DEFORMATION;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; COMPRESSIBILITY; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAULT ZONE; FISSURE; FOOTWALL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HANGING WALL; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84857688858     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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