Interpretation of reservoir structure from super-resolution mapping of microseismic multiplets from stimulation at Basel, Switzerland in 2006

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-58

  Asanuma, Hiroshi ^a   Kumano, Yusuke ^a   Niitsuma, Hiroaki ^a   Schanz, Ulrich ^b   Háring, Markus ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ceothermal Explorer Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basel; HDR; HFR; HWR; Microseismicity; Multiplets; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

BASEL; HDR; HFR; HWR; MICROSEISMICITY; MULTIPLETS; STIMULATION;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; MINING; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE;

EID: 70249130536     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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