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06-20-2015, 07:24 AM
article: http://www.caltech.edu/news/fluid-inject...aled-46986
paper: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6240/1224.short
Fluid Injection's Role in Man-Made Earthquakes Revealed
Usually small though occasionally damaging earthquakes are a side-effect of industrial processes such as geothermal energy and oil-gas production that involve injecting water underground. But scientists have been unclear about the exact role of fluid injection in triggering these man-made earthquakes.
Now, for the first time, researchers at Caltech and other institutions in the United States and France have observed how fluid injection sets off microearthquakes on a sizable, subterranean fault. The findings could lead to better seismic risk management through improved understanding of fluid flow on faults, while also illuminating the mechanics of natural earthquakes.
Full article at link.
Brian
paper: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6240/1224.short
Fluid Injection's Role in Man-Made Earthquakes Revealed
Usually small though occasionally damaging earthquakes are a side-effect of industrial processes such as geothermal energy and oil-gas production that involve injecting water underground. But scientists have been unclear about the exact role of fluid injection in triggering these man-made earthquakes.
Now, for the first time, researchers at Caltech and other institutions in the United States and France have observed how fluid injection sets off microearthquakes on a sizable, subterranean fault. The findings could lead to better seismic risk management through improved understanding of fluid flow on faults, while also illuminating the mechanics of natural earthquakes.
Full article at link.
Brian