Back front of seismicity induced after termination of borehole fluid injection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Parotidis, M ^a   Shapiro, S A ^a   Rothert, E ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; PORE PRESSURE; BOREHOLES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

BOREHOLE FLUID INJECTION; SEISMICITY; BOREHOLE FLUID INJECTIONS; CASE-STUDIES; FLUID INJECTIONS; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; LINEAR POROELASTICITY; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; ROCK CHARACTERIZATION; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

BOREHOLES; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

FLUID INJECTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE PRESSURE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 2442442811     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018987     Document Type: Article

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