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Rong H, Li N, Zhang H, Sun D, Huo B. Insights into fundamental problems of rockburst under the modern structure stress field. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20299. [PMID: 36434095 PMCID: PMC9700775 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24857-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Rockbursts are some of the most severe dynamic disasters in coal mines. In this paper, the discrimination method of the tectonic stress field is proposed by analyzing the modern stress field in China. The tectonic stress field formed by modern tectonic movement guides in situ stress measurements. According to the stress state classification, most rockbursts in coal mines in China are closely associated with tectonic stress. For tectonic stress-driven rockbursts, modern tectonic movement and modern tectonic stress fields must be considered. The stress change and energy transfer caused by tectonic movement affect the geological structure where coal mines are located. Energy accumulation under rockburst conditions is mainly formed by natural geo-dynamic movement and the mining configuration, and energy accumulation is the basis for rockbursts. The application of the geo-dynamic environmental evaluation method to determine the coalfield geo-dynamic process and the influence of modern tectonic movement is proposed. Accordingly, the classification method of rockbursts in coal mines is established. Based on the distribution characteristics of modern tectonic conditions in China, it is revealed that these dynamic disasters follow a "110" distribution. Finally, a "three condition" criteria of rockbursts is proposed: the geo-dynamic environment is a necessary condition for rockbursts, mining disturbance is a sufficient condition for rockbursts, and risk-releasing measures are a condition controlling rockburst risk mitigation.
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- Hai Rong
- grid.464369.a0000 0001 1122 661XCollege of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000 China
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- grid.464369.a0000 0001 1122 661XCollege of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000 China
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- grid.464369.a0000 0001 1122 661XCollege of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000 China
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- Engineering Laboratory of Deep Mine Rockburst Disaster Assessment, Jinan, 250104 China ,Shandong Province Research Institute of Coal Geology Planning and Exploration, Jinan, 250104 China
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- grid.464369.a0000 0001 1122 661XCollege of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, 123000 China
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Mariucci MT, Montone P. Database of Italian present-day stress indicators, IPSI 1.4. Sci Data 2020; 7:298. [PMID: 32901031 PMCID: PMC7479623 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00640-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The Italian Present-day Stress Indicators (IPSI) database is a freely available Italian georeferenced repository of information regarding the crustal stress field. It consists of horizontal stress orientations that have been analysed, compiled in a standardised format and quality-ranked for reliability and comparability on a global scale. The database contains a collection of information regarding contemporary stress within the shallow crust from the following main stress-indicator categories: borehole breakouts; earthquake focal mechanisms; seismic sequences and active fault-slip data. The present database (IPSI 1.4) released in January 2020 is accessible through a web interface which facilitates findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability of the dataset. Moreover, it contains 928 records updated up until December 2019 with an increase of 10% with respect to the first one, and improved metadata information. The uniform spread of stress data over a given territory is relevant for earth crustal modelling or as starting point in many applied studies. It is therefore necessary to continue collecting new data and update present-day stress maps to obtain more reliable evaluations.
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- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
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Magnani MB, Blanpied ML, DeShon HR, Hornbach MJ. Discriminating between natural versus induced seismicity from long-term deformation history of intraplate faults. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1701593. [PMID: 29202029 PMCID: PMC5706741 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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To assess whether recent seismicity is induced by human activity or is of natural origin, we analyze fault displacements on high-resolution seismic reflection profiles for two regions in the central United States (CUS): the Fort Worth Basin (FWB) of Texas and the northern Mississippi embayment (NME). Since 2009, earthquake activity in the CUS has increased markedly, and numerous publications suggest that this increase is primarily due to induced earthquakes caused by deep-well injection of wastewater, both flowback water from hydrofracturing operations and produced water accompanying hydrocarbon production. Alternatively, some argue that these earthquakes are natural and that the seismicity increase is a normal variation that occurs over millions of years. Our analysis shows that within the NME, faults deform both Quaternary alluvium and underlying sediments dating from Paleozoic through Tertiary, with displacement increasing with geologic unit age, documenting a long history of natural activity. In the FWB, a region of ongoing wastewater injection, basement faults show deformation of the Proterozoic and Paleozoic units, but little or no deformation of younger strata. Specifically, vertical displacements in the post-Pennsylvanian formations, if any, are below the resolution (~15 m) of the seismic data, far less than expected had these faults accumulated deformation over millions of years. Our results support the assertion that recent FWB earthquakes are of induced origin; this conclusion is entirely independent of analyses correlating seismicity and wastewater injection practices. To our knowledge, this is the first study to discriminate natural and induced seismicity using classical structural geology analysis techniques.
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- Maria Beatrice Magnani
- Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
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- Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
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- Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
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Levandowski W, Zellman M, Briggs R. Gravitational body forces focus North American intraplate earthquakes. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14314. [PMID: 28211459 PMCID: PMC5321685 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Earthquakes far from tectonic plate boundaries generally exploit ancient faults, but not all intraplate faults are equally active. The North American Great Plains exemplify such intraplate earthquake localization, with both natural and induced seismicity generally clustered in discrete zones. Here we use seismic velocity, gravity and topography to generate a 3D lithospheric density model of the region; subsequent finite-element modelling shows that seismicity focuses in regions of high-gravity-derived deviatoric stress. Furthermore, predicted principal stress directions generally align with those observed independently in earthquake moment tensors and borehole breakouts. Body forces therefore appear to control the state of stress and thus the location and style of intraplate earthquakes in the central United States with no influence from mantle convection or crustal weakness necessary. These results show that mapping where gravitational body forces encourage seismicity is crucial to understanding and appraising intraplate seismic hazard. Intraplate earthquakes occur far from tectonic plate boundaries and so it is vital to understand how and where they may happen. Here, Levandowski et al. create a 3D density map of the North America Great Plains showing that gravitational forces play a controlling role in intraplate earthquake locations.
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- Will Levandowski
- United States Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, DFC MS966, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
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- Fugro Consultants Inc. 1726 Cole Boulevard, Suite 230, Lakewood, Colorado 80401, USA
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- United States Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, DFC MS966, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA
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In November 2013, a series of earthquakes began along a mapped ancient fault system near Azle, Texas. Here we assess whether it is plausible that human activity caused these earthquakes. Analysis of both lake and groundwater variations near Azle shows that no significant stress changes were associated with the shallow water table before or during the earthquake sequence. In contrast, pore-pressure models demonstrate that a combination of brine production and wastewater injection near the fault generated subsurface pressures sufficient to induce earthquakes on near-critically stressed faults. On the basis of modelling results and the absence of historical earthquakes near Azle, brine production combined with wastewater disposal represent the most likely cause of recent seismicity near Azle. For assessing the earthquake cause, our research underscores the necessity of monitoring subsurface wastewater formation pressures and monitoring earthquakes having magnitudes of ∼M2 and greater. Currently, monitoring at these levels is not standard across Texas or the United States.
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Sleep NH. Tapping of magmas from ubiquitous mantle heterogeneities: An alternative to mantle plumes? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb089ib12p10029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Seeber L, Armbruster JG. The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake and the Appalachian Detachment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb086ib09p07874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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McGarr A. On the State of Lithospheric Stress in the Absence of Applied Tectonic Forces. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb093ib11p13609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Wallace RE. Patterns and timing of Late Quaternary faulting in the Great Basin Province and relation to some regional tectonic features. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb089ib07p05763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Langston CA. Depth of faulting during the 1968 Meckering, Australia, Earthquake sequence determined from waveform analysis of local seismograms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb092ib11p11561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sauber J, Thatcher W, Solomon SC. Geodetic measurement of deformation in the central Mojave Desert, California. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb091ib12p12683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Haimson BC, Doe TW. State of stress, permeability, and fractures in the Precambrian granite of northern Illinois. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb088ib09p07355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hickman SH, Healy JH, Zoback MD. In situ stress, natural fracture distribution, and borehole elongation in the Auburn Geothermal Well, Auburn, New York. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb090ib07p05497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stock JM, Healy JH, Hickman SH, Zoback MD. Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and relationship to the regional stress field. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb090ib10p08691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Carter WE, Robertson DS, MacKay JR. Geodetic radio interferometric surveying: Applications and results. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb090ib06p04577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Seager WR, McCurry M. The cogenetic organ cauldron and batholith, south central New Mexico: Evolution of a large-volume ash flow cauldron and its source magma chamber. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb093ib05p04421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Weaver CS, Smith SW. Regional tectonic and earthquake hazard implications of a crustal fault zone in southwestern Washington. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb088ib12p10371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Aldrich MJ, Laughlin AW. A model for the tectonic development of the Southeastern Colorado Plateau Boundary. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb089ib12p10207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zoback MD, Hickman S. In situ study of the physical mechanisms controlling induced seismicity at Monticello Reservoir, South Carolina. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb087ib08p06959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peška P, Zoback MD. Compressive and tensile failure of inclined well bores and determination of in situ stress and rock strength. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/95jb00319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Reches Z, Fink J. The mechanism of intrusion of the Inyo Dike, Long Valley Caldera, California. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb093ib05p04321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Suter M. Orientational data on the state of stress in northeastern Mexico as inferred from stress-induced borehole elongations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb092ib03p02617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wang K, Mulder T, Rogers GC, Hyndman RD. Case for very low coupling stress on the Cascadia Ssubduction Fault. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/95jb00516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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McGarr A. Some constraints on levels of shear stress in the crust from observations and theory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb085ib11p06231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Catchings RD, Mooney WD. Crustal structure of the Columbia Plateau: Evidence for continental rifting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb093ib01p00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bills BG, May GM. Lake Bonneville: Constraints on lithospheric thickness and upper mantle viscosity from isostatic warping of Bonneville, Provo, and Gilbert stage shorelines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb092ib11p11493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Olson JE. Joint pattern development: Effects of subcritical crack growth and mechanical crack interaction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/93jb00779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Seeburger DA, Zoback MD. The distribution of natural fractures and joints at depth in crystalline rock. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb087ib07p05517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bond GC, Kominz MA. Disentangling Middle Paleozoic sea level and tectonic events in cratonic margins and cratonic basins of North America. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/90jb01432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zoback MD, Tsukahara H, Hickman S. Stress measurements at depth in the vicinity of the San Andreas Fault: Implications for the magnitude of shear stress at depth. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb085ib11p06157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Smith RB, Bruhn RL. Intraplate extensional tectonics of the Eastern basin-Range: Inferences on structural style from seismic reflection data, regional tectonics, and thermal-mechanical models of brittle-ductile deformation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb089ib07p05733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 297] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hickman SH, Zoback MD, Healy JH. Continuation of a deep borehole stress measurement profile near the San Andreas Fault: 1. Hydraulic fracturing stress measurements at Hi Vista, Mojave Desert, California. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/jb093ib12p15183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Barton CA, Zoback MD. Stress perturbations associated with active faults penetrated by boreholes: Possible evidence for near-complete stress drop and a new technique for stress magnitude measurement. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/93jb03359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Abd N, Mahdi H, Al-Shukri H, Catakli A, Chlaib H, Su M. Induced Seismicity of Central Arkansas. INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL CONFERENCE AND OIL & GAS EXHIBITION, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, 17-19 SEPTEMBER 2012 2012. [DOI: 10.1190/ist092012-001.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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- Najah Abd
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR USA
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- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR USA
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- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR USA
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- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR USA
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- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR USA
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Two-year survey comparing earthquake activity and injection-well locations in the Barnett Shale, Texas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:13934-8. [PMID: 22869701 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207728109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Between November 2009 and September 2011, temporary seismographs deployed under the EarthScope USArray program were situated on a 70-km grid covering the Barnett Shale in Texas, recording data that allowed sensing and locating regional earthquakes with magnitudes 1.5 and larger. I analyzed these data and located 67 earthquakes, more than eight times as many as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center. All 24 of the most reliably located epicenters occurred in eight groups within 3.2 km of one or more injection wells. These included wells near Dallas-Fort Worth and Cleburne, Texas, where earthquakes near injection wells were reported by the media in 2008 and 2009, as well as wells in six other locations, including several where no earthquakes have been reported previously. This suggests injection-triggered earthquakes are more common than is generally recognized. All the wells nearest to the earthquake groups reported maximum monthly injection rates exceeding 150,000 barrels of water per month (24,000 m(3)/mo) since October 2006. However, while 9 of 27 such wells in Johnson County were near earthquakes, elsewhere no earthquakes occurred near wells with similar injection rates. A plausible hypothesis to explain these observations is that injection only triggers earthquakes if injected fluids reach and relieve friction on a suitably oriented, nearby fault that is experiencing regional tectonic stress. Testing this hypothesis would require identifying geographic regions where there is interpreted subsurface structure information available to determine whether there are faults near seismically active and seismically quiescent injection wells.
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Earthquake triggering and large-scale geologic storage of carbon dioxide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:10164-8. [PMID: 22711814 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202473109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 508] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite its enormous cost, large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) is considered a viable strategy for significantly reducing CO(2) emissions associated with coal-based electrical power generation and other industrial sources of CO(2) [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2005) IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Prepared by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, eds Metz B, et al. (Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, UK); Szulczewski ML, et al. (2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109:5185-5189]. We argue here that there is a high probability that earthquakes will be triggered by injection of large volumes of CO(2) into the brittle rocks commonly found in continental interiors. Because even small- to moderate-sized earthquakes threaten the seal integrity of CO(2) repositories, in this context, large-scale CCS is a risky, and likely unsuccessful, strategy for significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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What do faults feel? Observational constraints on the stresses acting on seismogenic faults. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/170gm31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Mazzotti S, James TS, Henton J, Adams J. GPS crustal strain, postglacial rebound, and seismic hazard in eastern North America: The Saint Lawrence valley example. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1029/2004jb003590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Stéphane Mazzotti
- Geological Survey of Canada; Pacific Geoscience Centre; Sidney, British Columbia Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada; Pacific Geoscience Centre; Sidney, British Columbia Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada; Geodetic Survey Division; Ottawa, Ontairo Canada
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- Geological Survey of Canada; Ottawa, Ontario Canada
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Grasso JR, Sornette D. Testing self-organized criticality by induced seismicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/97jb01344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hardebeck JL, Nazareth JJ, Hauksson E. The static stress change triggering model: Constraints from two southern California aftershock sequences. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1029/98jb00573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shear-wave splitting and anisotropy in crust of Dabieshan orogenic belt. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02898950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Brudy M, Zoback MD, Fuchs K, Rummel F, Baumgärtner J. Estimation of the complete stress tensor to 8 km depth in the KTB scientific drill holes: Implications for crustal strength. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1029/96jb02942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Schwarz G, Krüger D. Resistivity cross section through the southern central Andes as inferred from magnetotelluric and geomagnetic deep soundings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1029/96jb03626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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