S21C:
Induced and Triggered Earthquakes: Theory, Observations, Impact IV


Session ID#: 10223

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:  Justin L Rubinstein, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Matthew Weingarten, PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Justin L Rubinstein, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, 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:

2015 USGS Seismic Hazard Model for Induced Seismicity (79960)
Mark David Petersen, Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO, United States, Charles S Mueller, USGS - Golden, Denver, CO, United States, Morgan P Moschetti, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, Susan M Hoover, USGS, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, William L Ellsworth, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States, Andrea L Llenos, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States and Andrew Jay Michael, USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Physical mechanisms in Intraplate earthquakes in United States (48223)
Marilia T Hagen, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Physics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Earthquake Rate Models for Evolving Induced Seismicity Hazard in the Central and Eastern US (67871)
Andrea L Llenos1, William L Ellsworth2 and Andrew Jay Michael2, (1)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Initial Results from the New Stress Map of Texas Project (63987)
Jens-Erik Lundstern, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Mark D Zoback, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Surface uplift and time-dependent seismic hazard due to fluid-injection in eastern Texas (71205)
Manoochehr Shirzaei, Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, William L Ellsworth, USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Kristy French Tiampo, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, Pablo J González, University of Leeds, COMET, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom and Michael Manga, University of California, Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States
Comparison Study between North Texas Earthquake Sequences from 2008-2015 (73325)
Heather DeShon1, Chris Hayward2, Monique Maria Holt3, Maria Beatrice Magnani1, Matthew J Hornbach2 and Brian William Stump2, (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)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Evolving magnitude-frequency distributions during the Guy-Greenbrier (2010-11) induced earthquake sequence: Insights into the physical mechanisms of b-value shifts and large-magnitude curvature (65524)
David Dempsey1, Jenny Suckale2 and Yihe Huang1, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
Modeling Time Dependent Earthquake Magnitude Distributions Associated with Injection-Induced Seismicity (65326)
Jeremy Maurer, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Paul Segall, Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States

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