Tracking the development of seismic fracture network from The Geysers geothermal field

Orlecka-Sikora, Beata; Cielesta, Szymon; Lasocki, Stanisław

doi:10.1007/s11600-018-0202-6

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Tracking the development of seismic fracture network from The Geysers geothermal field

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Orlecka-Sikora Beata , Cielesta Szymon , Lasocki Stanisław

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https://www.springer.com/journal/11600

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10.1007/s11600-018-0202-6

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Abstrakty

Underground fluid injections result in rock mass fracturing. The associated environmental hazards in a significant part stem from a possibility for linking these fractures. The resultant crevices may allow for an undesired and hazardous fluid migration. We studied the fracture linking problem on data from a part of The Geysers geothermal field in California, USA. We parameterized seismic events by the distance between hypocenter and injecting well, by the angle between the position vector of hypocentre and the maximum horizontal stress direction and by the angle of rotation required to turn the event’s doublecouple mechanism into the prevailing in this area faults’ orientation. To make these parameters comparable, we transformed them to equivalent dimensions. Based on distances between events in the transformed parameter space, we divided the seismic events into clusters. The percentage of potentially linked fractures in clusters was greater at low than at high injection rate.

Słowa kluczowe

fluid injection induced seismicity fracture network equivalent dimensions

płyn wtrysk sejsmiczność indukowana sieć złamań wymiary równoważne

Wydawca

Instytut Geofizyki PAN
Springer

Czasopismo

Acta Geophysica

Rocznik

2019

Tom

Vol. 67, no. 1

Strony

341--350

Opis fizyczny

Bibliogr. 38 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Orlecka-Sikora Beata

orlecka@igf.edu.pl

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Cielesta Szymon

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Lasocki Stanisław

Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).

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