Monitoring of induced seismicity during the first geothermal reservoir stimulation at Paralana, Australia

Geothermics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-131

  Albaric, J ^a   Oye, V ^a   Langet, N ^b   Hasting, M ^c,e   Lecomte, I ^a   Iranpour, K ^a   Messeiller, M ^d   Reid, P ^d  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Petratherm Limited   (Australia)

^e Hasting Micro Seismic Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Geothermal; Induced seismicity; Relocation; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); RELOCATION;

CROSS CORRELATIONS; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; VELOCITY MODEL;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MICROEARTHQUAKE; MONITORING; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84906092372     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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