NG21B:
Statistical Geodynamics: Fracking, Fundamentals, and Applications I

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Christopher C Barton1, John B Rundle2, Sabine Lennartz-Sassinek3 and Donald Turcotte2, (1)Wright State University Main Campus, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dayton, OH, United States(2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States(3)University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Primary Conveners:  Christopher C Barton, Wright State University Main Campus, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dayton, OH, United States
Co-conveners:  Sabine Lennartz-Sassinek1, Donald Turcotte2 and John B Rundle2, (1)University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany(2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Sabine Lennartz-Sassinek, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
The Complex Physical-Chemical Interaction of Fracking Fluids with Gas Shale
Lawrence M Cathles, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY, United States, Terry Engelder, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States and Taras Bryndzia, Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc., Houston, TX, United States
8:15 AM
 
The Signature of Shearing Driven By Hydraulic Opening
James T Rutledge, Schlumberger Houston, Microseismic Services, Houston, TX, United States
8:30 AM
 
A Percolation Model for Fracking
J. Quinn Norris, Donald L Turcotte and John B Rundle, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
8:45 AM
 
Three Dimensional Stress Maps of Dynamic Hydraulic Fracture within Heavily Cross-Linked Hydrogels
Will Steinhardt, Shmuel Rubinstein and David Weitz, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
9:00 AM
 
Direct Imaging of Natural Fractures and Stress Compartments Stimulated by Hydraulic Fracturing
Alfred Lacazette and Jan M. Vermilye, Global Geophysical Services, Inc., Denver, CO, United States
9:15 AM
 
Injection-driven deformation of a fractured material
Christopher W MacMinn1 and John S. Wettlaufer1,2, (1)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (2)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
9:30 AM
 
Foreshocks and Aftershocks in Simple Earthquake Models
Kristy French Tiampo, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, William Klein, Boston Univ, Boston, MA, United States, Rachele Dominguez, Randolph-Macon College, Department of Physics, Ashland, VA, United States, Javad Kazemian, University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada and Pablo J González, University of Leeds, Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics. School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom
9:45 AM
 
Geodynamical studies using integrated gravity studies
Jose Fernandez, Instituto de Geociencias, Madrid, Spain, Kristy French Tiampo, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada and John B Rundle, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
 
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