Decay rate of fluid-induced seismicity after termination of reservoir stimulations

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Langenbruch, Cornelius ^a   Shapiro, Serge A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; PREEXISTING FRACTURE; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; STRENGTH DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

INDUCED SEISMICITY;

AFTERSHOCK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PARAMETERIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR ROCK; SEISMICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALSACE; BAS RHIN; FENTON HILL; FRANCE; NEW MEXICO; SOULTZ SOUS FORETS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857240166     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3506005     Document Type: Article

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