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Geothermal production and reduced seismicity: Correlation and proposed mechanism

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العنوان: Geothermal production and reduced seismicity: Correlation and proposed mechanism
المؤلفون: Cardiff, Michael, Lim, David D., Patterson, Jeremy R., Akerley, John, Spielman, Paul, Lopeman, Janice, Walsh, Patrick, Signh, Ankit, Foxall, William, Wang, Herbert F., Lord, Neal E., Thurber, Clifford H., Fratta, Dante, Mellors, Robert J., Davatzes, Nicholas, Feigl, Kurt L., Davatzes|0000-0002-6764-0788
سنة النشر: 2017
مصطلحات موضوعية: Microseismicity, Geothermal field, Effective stress, Correlation
الوصف: At Brady Hot Springs, a geothermal field in Nevada, heated fluids have been extracted, cooled, and re-injected to produce electrical power since 1992. Analysis of daily pumping records and catalogs of microseismicity between 2010 and 2015 indicates a statistically significant correlation between days when the daily volume of production was at or above its long-term average rate and days when no seismic event was detected. Conversely, shutdowns in pumping for plant maintenance correlate with increased microseismicity. We hypothesize that the effective stress in the subsurface has adapted to the long-term normal operations (deep extraction) at the site. Under this hypothesis, extraction of fluids inhibits fault slip by increasing the effective stress on faults; in contrast, brief pumping cessations represent times when effective stress is decreased below its long-term average, increasing the likelihood of microseismicity. ; Temple University. College of Science and Technology ; Earth and Environmental Science
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: 8 pages
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1385-013X
Relation: Elsevier; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.11.037; Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 482; Faculty/ Researcher Works; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/8694
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/8694
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.DE17D6EB
قاعدة البيانات: BASE