  The Pierre Auger Observatory has the capability of detecting neutrino-induced
extensive air showers by searching for very inclined showers with a significant
electromagnetic component. In order to study the detector response of the
surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory, Monte Carlo simulations of
up-going and down-going neutrino showers for all flavors were performed. A set
of relevant observables were determined to discriminate these showers from the
background of very inclined hadronic showers and the identification efficiency
was studied. The acceptance and the expected event rates, based on the
assumption of the incoming neutrino flux, were finally calculated.
