Effects of fault-zone architecture on earthquake magnitude and gas leakage related to CO2 injection in a multi-layered sedimentary system

Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-120

  Rinaldi, Antonio P ^a   Jeanne, Pierre ^a,b   Rutqvist, Jonny ^a   Cappa, Frédéric ^a,b   Guglielmi, Yves ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; fault architecture; geomechanics; induced seismicity; leakage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMECHANICS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; FAULT ARCHITECTURE; FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE; MECHANICAL HETEROGENEITY; NORMAL AND SHEAR STRESS; ROCK PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS;

FAULTING;

EID: 84893952532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21523878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ghg.1403     Document Type: Article

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