Evidence of seismicity induced by water level changes at the Mosul Dam reservoir and implications on the hydraulic diffusivity

Authors

  • Nabeel Hameed Al-Saigh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3304/JMES.2015.001

Keywords:

Keywords, Reservoir, seismicity, diffusivity, permeability

Abstract

The relationship between Reservoir level and earthquake frequency at Mosul Dam's Reservoir shows an evident increases in seismicity following the yearly maxima in water level, with growths of epicentral area (hydraulic diffusivity), at about 9.3x104 cm2/sec. This value corresponds to permeability of about 8.4 x 10-11 cm2. Seismicity concentration with time and space of their occurrences was obvious. A trend of 75.71 m/km of seismicity concentration towards the east and 9.676 m/km with depth was observed.

Author Biography

Nabeel Hameed Al-Saigh

Head of Geotechnique Dept., Dams and Water Resources Research Centre, Mosul University,

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Published

2015-05-08

How to Cite

Al-Saigh, N. H. (2015). Evidence of seismicity induced by water level changes at the Mosul Dam reservoir and implications on the hydraulic diffusivity. Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences, 7. https://doi.org/10.3304/JMES.2015.001

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Vol. 7 (2015)

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