Felt seismicity associated with shale gas hydraulic fracturing: The first documented example in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8308-8314

  Clarke, Huw ^a   Eisner, Leo ^b   Styles, Peter ^c   Turner, Peter ^d  

^a Cuadrilla Resources Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Brigantia Resources Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geomechanics; hazard; hydraulic fracturing; induced seismicity; location; source mechanism

Indexed keywords

FELT; GEOMECHANICS; HAZARDS; LOCATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; SHALE GAS;

BASIN INVERSIONS; EXPLORATION WELLS; FOCAL MECHANISM; INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC EVENT; SOURCE MECHANISMS; VARISCAN; WAVEFORM CROSS CORRELATION;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

BOREHOLE; CARBONIFEROUS; CORRELATION; FAULT ZONE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SHALE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BLACKPOOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921556120     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062047     Document Type: Article

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