The role of Coulomb stress changes for injection-induced seismicity: The Basel enhanced geothermal system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-77

  Catalli, Flaminia ^a   Meier, Men Andrin ^a   Wiemer, Stefan ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB STRESS CHANGES; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FORECASTING ABILITY; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; LOCATION ACCURACY; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY-OF-RESULTS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FRICTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84874834298     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054147     Document Type: Article

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