Anthropogenic earthquakes in the UK: A national baseline prior to shale exploitation

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-17

  Wilson, Miles P ^a   Davies, Richard J ^b   Foulger, Gillian R ^a   Julian, Bruce R ^a   Styles, Peter ^c   Gluyas, Jon G ^a   Almond, Sam ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fracking; Induced; Petroleum; Shale gas; Triggering; Unconventional

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EARTHQUAKES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IONIZATION OF GASES; SEISMOLOGY; SHALE; SHALE GAS; SHALE OIL;

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; COAL PRODUCTION; FRACKING; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; INDUCED; SHALE GAS AND OIL; TRIGGERING; UNCONVENTIONAL;

GEOPHYSICS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; COAL MINING; COAL PRODUCTION; EXPLOITATION; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MINING-INDUCED SEISMICITY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION; SHALE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84951876861     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.08.023     Document Type: Review

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