PROBLEM OF THE INDUCED SEISMICITY IN THE AREA OF THE IRKUTSK WATER RESERVOIR AT THE SOUTHWESTERN ENDING OF LAKE-BAIKAL

Authors
Citation
Si. Golenetskii, PROBLEM OF THE INDUCED SEISMICITY IN THE AREA OF THE IRKUTSK WATER RESERVOIR AT THE SOUTHWESTERN ENDING OF LAKE-BAIKAL, Geologia i geofizika, 38(10), 1997, pp. 1692-1698
Citations number
5
Journal title
ISSN journal
00167886
Volume
38
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1692 - 1698
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7886(1997)38:10<1692:POTISI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
On the basis of seismic observations in the second half of the 20th ce ntury, seismicity of the area of the Irkutsk water reservoir at the An gara River, filled in 1956-59, has been analyzed. It is shown that the sources of few recorded seismic events are explosions performed in th e day-time with an engineering goal. Only few of these events are poss ibly small natural earthquakes reflecting very weak seismic activity i n this part of the Siberian Platform. There are no groungs to consider these earthquakes induced by water reservoir filling.