Investigation of injection-induced seismicity using a coupled fluid flow and rate/state friction model

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  McClure, Mark W ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; FRICTION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; SHEAR FLOW;

ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; INJECTION PRESSURES; LOW PERMEABILITY ROCK; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RATE AND STATE FRICTION; SEQUENTIAL STIMULATION; STATE CHARACTERISTICS;

INDUCED SEISMICITY;

DILATION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE ZONE; FRICTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SEISMICITY;

EID: 84857436888     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0064.1     Document Type: Article

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