Groundwater pressure changes in Central Japan induced by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Niwa, Masakazu ^a   Takeuchi, Ryuji ^a   Onoe, Hironori ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Koji ^a   Asamori, Koichi ^a   Umeda, Koji ^a   Sugihara, Kozo ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku Earthquake; dilation; groundwater pressure; permeability; shaft excavation

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

DILATION; FAULT-SLIP MODEL; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GRANITIC ROCKS; GROUNDWATER PRESSURE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; SHAFT EXCAVATION; STRAIN SENSITIVITY; TIDAL RESPONSE; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; VERTICAL SHAFT; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOREHOLE; CONTRACTION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DILATION; DRAWDOWN; FAULT SLIP; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE FIELD; STRAIN RATE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN;

EID: 84861850080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004052     Document Type: Article

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