Prediction of magnitude of the largest potentially induced seismic event

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 421-431

  Hallo, Miroslav ^a   Oprsal, Ivo ^a   Eisner, Leo ^b   Ali, Mohammed Y ^c  

^a Seismik sro   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ROCK STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

b value; Enhanced geothermal systems; Hydraulic fracturing; Induced events; Magnitude; Microseismicity; Seismic moment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY;

EID: 84902008977     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-014-9417-4     Document Type: Article

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