Maximum magnitude estimations of induced earthquakes at Paradox Valley, Colorado, from cumulative injection volume and geometry of seismicity clusters

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 322-336

  Yeck, William L ^a,b   Block, Lisa V ^a   Wood, Christopher K ^a   King, Vanessa M ^a  

^a U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction; Forecasting; Fractures and faults; Geomechanics; North America; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAULTING; GEOMECHANICS; GEOMETRY; INDUCED SEISMICITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LANDFORMS; PORE PRESSURE; WELLS;

CUMULATIVE INJECTION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; FRACTURES AND FAULTS; INJECTION PARAMETERS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NORTH AMERICA; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; TELESEISMIC EARTHQUAKES;

FORECASTING;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT; FORECASTING METHOD; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

COLORADO; PARADOX VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928604128     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu394     Document Type: Article

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