S13D:
Induced Seismicity in the United States and Canada I

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Session ID#: 32822

Session Description:
The increased awareness of man-made earthquakes around the world has generated an intensive research effort to understand seismicity caused by fluid movement in the Earth’s brittle crust. Waste water disposal and hydraulic fracturing appear to be the main two causes of induced seismicity in the United States and Canada. Globally, reservoir triggered seismicity continues to be a major concern. Process based modeling of fluid induced seismicity at multiple scales and in various regions is contributing to our understanding of the mechanisms and hazard of anthropogenic seismicity. This session features contributions related to induced and triggered seismicity based on case studies, geomechanics, numerical modelling, laboratory experiments, ground motion prediction, statistical and quantitative methods and seismic hazard assessment.
Primary Convener:  Cornelius Langenbruch, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, United States
Conveners:  Carsten Dinske, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Yusuke Mukuhira, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States and Matthew Weingarten, Stanford University, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
Chairs:  Carsten Dinske, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Cornelius Langenbruch, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carsten Dinske, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
  • NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

4475 Scaling: spatial and temporal [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
7209 Earthquake dynamics [SEISMOLOGY]
7223 Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction [SEISMOLOGY]
8164 Stresses: crust and lithosphere [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Insights on Induced Seismicity Derived From Dynamic Models of Earthquake Nucleation, Propagation and Arrest (Invited) (207798)
Jean Paul Ampuero, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Martin Galis, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Paul Martin Mai, KAUST, Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia and Frederic Cappa, Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, IRD, Géoazur, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Unraveling earthquake stresses: Insights from dynamically triggered and induced earthquakes (276311)
Aaron A Velasco and Richard Alexander Alfaro-Diaz, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States
Foreshocks and Swarms of Induced Seismicity in Southern Kansas (290110)
Justin L Rubinstein1, Robert Skoumal1, Sara L Dougherty2 and Elizabeth S Cochran3, (1)USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, United States
A Systematic Assessment of the Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Fault Activation Through Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma and Southern Kansas (Invited) (233360)
Martin Schoenball, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and William L Ellsworth, Stanford University, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
Imaging basement faults in north-central Oklahoma with new airborne magnetic and ground gravity data, and implications for induced seismicity (226708)
Anjana K Shah, USGS, Denver, CO, Denver, CO, United States and Kevin Crain, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman, OK, United States
A new earthquake monitoring method? Change in shear-wave anisotropy as a tool to monitor induced seismicity in Kansas and Oklahoma (237625)
Keith Nolte1, Georgios P Tsoflias1, Tandis S. Bidgoli2 and Willard L Watney3, (1)The University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Lawrence, KS, United States, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States, (3)Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States
Fault reactivation by fluid injection considering permeability evolution in fault-bordering damage zones (212095)
Zhuo Yang1, Alissar Yehya2, James R Rice2 and Jiuxun Yin1, (1)Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Stability of fault submitted to fluid injections (254823)
Francois Xavier Passelegue, University of Manchester, SEAES, Manchester, United Kingdom, Nicolas Brantut, University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom and Thomas Matthew Mitchell, University College London, Rock and Ice Physics and Seismological Laboratory, London, United Kingdom

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