Magnitudes of induced earthquakes and geometric scales of fluid-stimulated rock volumes

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shapiro, Serge A ^a   Krüger, Oliver S ^a   Dinske, Carsten ^a   Langenbruch, Cornelius ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Faults; Geothermal; Microseismic; Passive seismic

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; ROCKS; RUPTURE DISKS;

FLUID INJECTIONS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL BOREHOLES; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROSEISMIC; PASSIVE SEISMIC; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOREHOLE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT; FLUID INJECTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MICROEARTHQUAKE; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 84857268435     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2010-0349.1     Document Type: Article

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