Assessment of fault reactivation potential in a deep geothermal reservoir of the NE-German Basin (Germany)

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 188-192

  Moeck, Inga ^a   Kwiatek, Grzegorz ^a   Zimmermann, Günter ^a   Backers, Tobias ^b   Huenges, Ernst ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GeoFrames GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EGS; Fractured reservoirs; Hydraulic stimulation; Induced seismicity; Slip tendency

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FAILURE PLANE; FAULT REACTIVATION; FAULT SLIP; FLUID PRESSURES; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GERMANY; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; IN-SITU STRESS FIELD; INDUCED SEISMICITY; INSITU STRESS; MICROSEISMICITY; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NORMAL STRESS; PERMIAN; RESERVOIR ROCK; ROCK FAILURES; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; STRESS CONDITION; STRESS REGIME; TENDENCY ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WATER INJECTION;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 70350429573     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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