Shear and tensile earthquakes caused by fluid injection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Fischer, Tomáš ^a   Guest, Alice ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GeomechanicsGG ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

DATA SETS; DC COMPONENTS; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; FAILURE ENVELOPE; FLUID INJECTIONS; FRACTURE ORIENTATIONS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; NATURAL FRACTURE; SHEAR COMPONENTS; SHEAR TRACTION; SLIP VECTORS; STRESS DROP; TENSILE COMPONENTS; TENSILE FRACTURES;

ELASTICITY;

DATA SET; FLUID INJECTION; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR ZONE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ALSACE; BAS RHIN; FRANCE; SOULTZ SOUS FORETS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79952631728     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045447     Document Type: Article

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