Injection-induced earthquakes

Science

Volumn 341, Issue 6142, 2013, Pages

  Ellsworth, William L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MINING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

DRILL; EARTHQUAKE; GAS; HUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880298884     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1225942     Document Type: Review

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