Coping with earthquakes induced by fluid injection

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6224, 2015, Pages 830-831

  McGarr, A ^a   Bekins, B ^a   Burkardt, N ^b   Dewey, J ^c   Earle, P ^c   Ellsworth, W ^a   Ge, S ^d   Hickman, S ^a   Holland, A ^e   Majer, E ^f   Rubinstein, J ^a   Sheehan, A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Oklahoma Geological Survey   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FLUID INJECTION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD;

COPING BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; ENERGY YIELD; HAZARD; HUMAN; LIQUID; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEISMIC HAZARD MODEL; SHORT SURVEY; WASTE WATER; DISASTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SAFETY; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84923290839     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0494     Document Type: Short Survey

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