Hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the western Canada sedimentary basin

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 631-647

  Atkinson, Gail M ^a   Eaton, David W ^b   Ghofrani, Hadi ^a   Walker, Dan ^c   Cheadle, Burns ^a   Schultz, Ryan ^d   Shcherbakov, Robert ^a   Tiampo, Kristy ^a   Gu, Jeff ^e   Harrington, Rebecca M ^f   Liu, Yajing ^f   Van Der Baan, Mirko ^e   Kao, Honn ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY RESOURCES; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SEISMOLOGY; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WELL COMPLETION;

FLUID INJECTIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INJECTED FLUIDS; LARGE VOLUMES; SHARP INCREASE; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS; WESTERN CANADA SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

INDUCED SEISMICITY;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FLUID INJECTION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; INDUCED SEISMICITY; OIL FIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975856205     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220150263     Document Type: Article

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