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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ziyan Li, Derek Elsworth, Chaoyi Wang, L. Boyd, Z. Frone, E. Metcalfe, A. Nieto, S. Porse, W. Vandermeer, R. Podgorney, H. Huang, T. McLing, G. Neupane, A. Chakravarty, P. J. Cook, P. F. Dobson, C. A. Doughty, Y. Guglielmi, C. Hopp, M. Hu, R. S. Jayne, S. E. Johnson, K. Kim, T. Kneafsey, S. Nakagawa, G. Newman, P. Petrov, J. C. Primo, M. Robertson, V. Rodriguez-Tribaldos, J. Rutqvist, M. Schoenball, E. L. Sonnenthal, F. A. Soom, S. Sprinkle, C. Ulrich, C. A. Valladao, T. Wood, Y. Q. Zhang, Q. Zhou, L. Huang, Y. Chen, T. Chen, B. Chi, Z. Feng, L. P. Frash, K. Gao, E. Jafarov, S. Karra, N. Makedonska, D. J. Li Li, R. Pawar, N. Welch, P. Fu, R. J. Mellors, C. E. Morency, J. P. Morris, C. S. Sherman, M. M. Smith, D. Templeton, J. L. Wagoner, J. White, H. Wu, J. Moore, S. Brown, D. Crandall, P. Mackey, T. Paronish, S. Workman, B. Johnston, K. Beckers, J. Weers, Y. Polsky, M. Maceira, C. P. Chai, A. Bonneville, J. A. Burghardt, J. Horner, T. C. Johnson, H. Knox, J. Knox, B. Q. Roberts, P. Sprinkle, C. E. Strickland, J. N. Thomle, V. R. Vermeul, M. D. White, D. Blankenship, M. Ingraham, T. Myers, J. Pope, P. Schwering, A. Foris, D. K. King, J. Feldman, M. Lee, J. Su, T. Baumgartner, J. Heise, M. Horn, B. Pietzyk, D. Rynders, G. Vandine, D. Vardiman, T. Doe, J. McLennan, Y. S. Wu, J. Miskimins, P. Winterfeld, K. Kutun, M. D. Zoback, A. Singh, R. N. Horne, K. Li, A. Hawkins, Y. Zhang, E. Mattson, D. Elsworth, K. J. Im, Z. Li, C. J. Marone, E. C. Yildirim, J. Ajo-Franklin, A. Ghassemi, D. Kumar, V. Sesetty, A. Vachaparampil, H. F. Wang, H. Sone, K. Condon, B. Haimson, W. Roggenthen, C. Medler, N. Uzunlar, C. Reimers, M. W. McClure
Summary: This study emphasizes the importance of understanding the mechanisms controlling fluid injection-triggered seismicity in order to mitigate the impact of earthquakes. By conducting experiments and observations, researchers proposed a new framework to define maximum event magnitudes as a function of pre-existing critical stresses and fluid injection volume.
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Riddhi Mandal, Semechah K. Y. Lui
Summary: In this study, numerical modelling is performed to investigate the effects of injection volume and rate on fault behavior. The results show that both parameters can affect various aspects of fault behavior to different extents. Aseismic slip plays a significant role in altering the timing of triggered earthquakes and exhibits lasting impacts in subsequent seismic cycles. Increasing injection rate enhances the size of the triggered cluster, while increasing injection volume increases seismicity rate of the sequence. Detailed characterization of earthquake patterns with respect to different injection parameters can provide insights for establishing safe bounds of injection operation and mitigating seismic hazard.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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Art McGarr, Ernest L. Majer
Summary: Understanding the cause of the November 2017 Pohang main shock is important for the future of the geothermal industry. Induced possibility can be ruled out, and the seismic hazard source at Pohang was tectonic strain accumulation. The most timely indicator was the September 2016 Gyeongju earthquake.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. Yaghoubi, M. B. Dusseault, Y. Leonenko
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yinlin Ji, Hannes Hofmann, Ernest H. Rutter, Arno Zang
Summary: The influence of elevated temperature on injection-induced fault slip was studied through laboratory experiments. Results showed that elevated temperature promotes a more uniform fluid pressure distribution on the fault surface by reducing water viscosity, and higher temperature requires a larger perturbation force from injected fluid to reactivate the fault, resulting in a faster fault slip rate.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
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Juan P. Acevedo, Casee R. Lemons, Michael H. Young, Guin McDaid, Bridget R. Scanlon
Summary: This study compares subsurface injection of produced water to the increased number of earthquakes in the panhandle region of Texas. The results indicate that a significant portion of earthquakes in the area can be attributed to underground injection control and oil and gas practices. The research also identifies regions where future earthquakes may be induced by current operations.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Javad N. Rashidi, Mehdi Ghassemieh
Summary: This paper proposes the application of three machine learning techniques to predict the magnitude of induced earthquakes caused by underground injection. The models are trained on earthquake and injection data from the Central Oklahoma region in the US, and their input data are balanced using a data-level approach. The results show that balancing the training data and considering the injection volume in the nine months before the earthquake prediction period improves the performance of the models. Among the investigated models, the support vector machine model trained on balanced data performs the best, predicting an average of 72% of earthquake magnitude classes.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ryan Schultz, Gregory C. Beroza, William L. Ellsworth
Summary: The study developed a risk-informed strategy for selecting red-light thresholds for immediate well shut-in during hydraulic fracturing operations in the Eagle Ford shale in southern Texas. By simulating impacts, it was found that impacts were greater in the northeast and smaller in the southwest of the area, driven by concentrations of population density. The method provides guidance for managing induced seismicity risks through traffic light protocols.
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Ariana Molenaar, Maarten Van Daele, Jyh-Jaan Steven Huang, Michael Strasser, Marc De Batist, Mario Pino, Roberto Urrutia, Jasper Moernaut
Summary: In-situ soft sediment deformation structures (SSDS) are commonly used as paleoseismic indicators. The deformation is mainly influenced by the presence of volcanogenic deposits and the shaking strength of earthquakes.
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael L. Schummer, John Simpson, Brendan Shirkey, Samuel R. Kucia, Philip Lavretsky, Douglas C. Tozer
Summary: The genetic composition of mallards in eastern North America has been altered by the release of game-farm mallards, resulting in hybridization with wild populations. Molecular analysis of mallard samples from northwestern Ohio revealed that 35% were pure wild mallards, 12% were early generation hybrids, and 53% were part of a hybrid swarm. Stable isotope analysis showed that pure wild mallards originated from more northern and western regions, indicating introgression of game-farm mallards in wild populations is not limited to the eastern population, but may be increasing and more widespread. These findings highlight the need to further study game-farm mallard genetic variation and movement across the continent.
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Gang Hui, Shengnan Chen, Zhangxin Chen, Fei Gu, Mathab Ghoroori, Mohammad Ali Mirza
Summary: The study found that seismic activity near Fox Creek is caused by an increase in pore pressure and poroelastic stress during fracturing operations. Integrated geological index (IGI) and combined geomechanical index (CGI) were proposed to indicate seismic activity susceptibility. Mitigation strategy results suggest that increasing hydraulic fracture-fault distance and reducing fracturing job size can reduce the risk of potential seismic activities.
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Andrew A. Delorey, Ting Chen
Summary: The seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field and in Oklahoma is influenced by industrial activities related to energy production, although the mechanisms that induce or trigger earthquakes differ.
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Xinle Zhai, Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
Summary: This study presents a novel coupled numerical model to investigate the impact of fine particle migration on the geomechanical response of a porous formation. The results indicate that fine particle migration significantly affects pore pressure, displacement, and permeability, especially near the wellbore.
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(2021)
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Hongyu Yu, Honn Kao, Bei Wang, Ryan Visser
Summary: Long-term fluid injections expedite the development of subsurface shear structures, highlighting the importance of considering local/regional Riedel shear structures in the assessment of overall seismic hazard.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yan Qin, Ting Chen, Xiaofei Ma, Xiaowei Chen
Summary: This study uses machine learning techniques to forecast seismicity rate in Oklahoma and finds that pore pressure rate and poroelastic stressing rate are the most important features in the prediction. The results emphasize the significant impact of changes in stressing rates on seismicity rates.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)