Influence of pore-pressure on the event-size distribution of induced earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bachmann, C E ^a   Wiemer, S ^a   Goertz Allmann, B P ^a   Woessner, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

B VALUE; DATA SETS; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLUID INJECTIONS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GEOTHERMAL HEAT; HIGH PRESSURE; MICROSEISMICITY; SEISMIC EVENT; SWITZERLAND;

WATER INJECTION;

ABANDONED MINE; BASEMENT ROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE INITIATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; INDUCED SEISMICITY; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RESERVOIR; SLOPE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84862099418     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051480     Document Type: Article

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