Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

Hydraulic fracturing has been inferred to trigger the majority of injection-induced earthquakes in western Canada, in contrast to the Midwestern United States, where massive saltwater disposal is the dominant triggering mechanism. A template-based earthquake catalog from a seismically active Canadia...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2016-12, Vol.354 (6318), p.1406-1409
Hauptverfasser:	Bao, Xuewei, Eaton, David W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activation Basements Earthquakes Fault lines Faults Geological faults Hydraulic fracturing Intervals Oil shale Seismicity Seismology
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