How did hydraulic-fracturing operations in the Horn River Basin change seismicity patterns in northeastern British Columbia, Canada?

Leading Edge

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 658-663

  Farahbod, Amir Mansour ^a   Kao, Honn ^a,b   Cassidy, John F ^a,b   Walker, Dan ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; WATERSHEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; OIL AND GAS COMMISSIONS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; REGIONAL EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE;

EARTHQUAKES;

DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RIVER BASIN; SEISMICITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HORN BASIN; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84959271230     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: 19383789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/tle34060658.1     Document Type: Article

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