Seismic rupture and ground accelerations induced by CO 2 injection in the shallow crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1784-1789

  Cappa, Frédéric ^a,b   Rutqvist, Jonny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Geomechanics; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION; CRITICAL STRESS; DYNAMIC FAULTS; EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; ELASTIC ENERGY; FAULT FRICTION; FLUID PRESSURES; GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIRS; GROUND ACCELERATIONS; GROUND DEFORMATIONS; GROUND MOTIONS; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATION; INJECTION RATES; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; NORMAL FAULTS; PRESSURE INCREASE; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC FAULTS; SELF-PROPAGATING; SHALLOW CRUST; UPPER CRUST; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FAULTING; FRICTION; GEOMECHANICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; SEISMOLOGY; WATER INJECTION;

ACCELERATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEOMECHANICS; GROUND MOTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC WAVE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84865305773     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05606.x     Document Type: Article

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