S11C:
Induced and Triggered Earthquakes: Theory, Observations, Impact I


Session ID#: 10221

Session Description:
Induced and triggered seismicity is a common phenomenon, associated with fluid injection in geothermal exploitation, wastewater disposal operations, hydro-fracturing, CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon production, mining operations, filling of reservoirs, and other fields such as volcano-seismology. Regions with pre-existing faults and increased fluid content are particularly sensitive. We invite papers that explore the empirical and statistical effects of injected fluids on temporal variations of physical parameters in reservoirs and natural environments, including stress and pressure changes and spatial-temporal patterns of seismicity among other. Of particular interest are fluid injections for enhanced geothermal systems and hydro-fracturing, fluid pathways and residence time, and fields such as volcano-seismology where induced and triggered seismicity is observed. We welcome submissions from a broad range of disciplines and aim to provide a platform for the discussion of occurrence, future monitoring, and hazard assessment of induced earthquakes.
Primary Convener:  Roland Gritto, Array Information Technology, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Philippe GM Jousset, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, Justin L Rubinstein, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Matthew Weingarten, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Roland Gritto, Array Information Technology, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Philippe GM Jousset, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
OSPA Liaison:  Roland Gritto, Array Information Technology, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • T - Tectonophysics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

7230 Seismicity and tectonics [SEISMOLOGY]
7280 Volcano seismology [SEISMOLOGY]
8168 Stresses: general [TECTONOPHYSICS]
8488 Volcanic hazards and risks [VOLCANOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Discriminating Between Induced vs. Tectonic Seismicity From Long-Term History of Fault Behavior in Intraplate Regions (81183)
Maria Beatrice Magnani1, Matthew J Hornbach2, Heather DeShon1, Chris Hayward2 and Michael L Blanpied3, (1)Southern Methodist University, Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, TX, United States, (2)Southern Methodist University, Roy Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Dallas, United States, (3)USGS Headquarters, Reston, United States
Stress Drops for Potentially Induced Earthquake Sequences (75556)
Yihe Huang, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Gregory C Beroza, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, United States and William L Ellsworth, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Observations of a hydrofracture induced earthquake sequence in Harrison County Ohio in 2014 (70303)
Paul A Friberg, Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc., Saratoga Springs, United States, Mike Brudzinski, Miami University, Oxford, United States, Brian Scott Currie, Miami University, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Oxford, United States and Robert Skoumal, USGS, Earthquake Science Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Source Mechanism, Stress Triggering, and Hazard Analysis of Induced Seismicity in Oil/Gas Fields in Oman and Kuwait (68464)
Chen Gu1, M. Nafi Toksoz2, Min Ding3, Abdullah Al-Enezi4, Farah Al-Jeri4 and Chunfang Meng2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, (2)MIT/ ERL, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Peking University, Beijing, China, (4)Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
Remote Dynamic Triggering of Earthquakes in Three Canadian Shale Gas Basins Based on a Multi-station Matched-filter Approach with Dense Station Coverage (76586)
Bei Wang, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, Rebecca M Harrington, Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, Yajing Liu, McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Honn Kao, Geological Survey Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada
The Relationship Between Seismicity and the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Alberta and Eastern B.C. (85273)
Gail Marie Atkinson1, David W S Eaton2, Hadi Ghofrani1, Dan Walker3, Burns Cheadle1, Ryan Schultz4, Robert Shcherbakov5, Kristy French Tiampo6, Yu Jeffrey Gu7, Rebecca M Harrington8 and Yajing Liu9, (1)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (2)University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, Victoria, BC, Canada, (4)University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, (5)University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada, (6)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, (7)University of Alberta, Department of Physics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (8)Ruhr University Bochum, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Bochum, Germany, (9)McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Traffic Light Protocol for Induced Seismicity: What is the Best Strategy? (75171)
Honn Kao, Geological Survey of Canada Pacific, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Alireza Babaie Mahani, Geoscience BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Gail Marie Atkinson, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, David W S Eaton, University of Calgary, Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada and Shawn Maxwell, IMaGE, Calgary, AB, Canada

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