Conclusions
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The data obtained indicate the effect of the water level in the reservoir on contemporary horizontal movements in adjacent areas, although they do not permit clear demarcation of this process territorially and determining the time dependences; this process continued at least up to 1984.
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Deformations have a pulsating, alternating character.
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Maximum deformations in amplitude are observed in the region of the deepest part of the reservoir.
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The general trend toward convergence of the reservoir banks is obvious.
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Extension and subsidence of the north and west slopes of the synclinal fold southwest of the dam are occurring.
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Northwest shortening in the southern part of the reservoir approximately coincides with the direction of movement of the thrust sheets according to the geologic data, here it remains unclear whether this shortening is caused by the effect of the reservoir or by natural tectonic processes.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 2, pp. 32–36, February, 1995.
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Ustinov, S.N. Horizontal deformations of the near-surface parts of the earth's crust in the region of the Nurek hydroelectric station. Hydrotechnical Construction 30, 92–96 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02446393
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