Deep-injection and closely monitored induced seismicity at Paradox Valley, Colorado

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 664-683

  Ake, Jon ^a   Mahrer, Kenneth ^a   O'Connell, Daniel ^a   Block, Lisa ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; FRACTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BRINE; HYPOCENTERS; INJECTION PRESSURE; SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AQUIFER; BRINE; FAULT SLIP; GROUNDWATER; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; PARADOX VALLEY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444396159     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040072     Document Type: Article

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