Examples of fault steps controlling event migration in seismic swarms

Vincent Roche, Mirko van der Baan, John Walsh

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... that whether a step transfers or blocks deformation depends on the separation between the bounding segments relative to the maximum magnitude of the events...

Detection of Seismic Phases from a Major Earthquake on a Local Seismogram

Che Noorliza Lat

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

.... This major magnitude 7.4, intermediate depth, tremor killed about 150 people. This intriguing earthquake was preceded by another earthquake of magnitude 6.2...

Abstract: Application of Target-oriented VVAZ on Relatively thin Fracture Reservoir; #90174 (2014)

Stephen K. Chiu, Jack Howell, Jason A Stein, Samik Sil, and Jeff Malloy

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... extracts the HTI anisotropic attributes of a relatively thin reservoir. The HTI anisotropic-magnitude map correlates remarkably well with fracture...

Abstracts: Bridging the Gap Between Microseismic and Hydraulic Fracturing Using the Horizontal Slip Mechanism; #120181 (2015)

Yunhui Tan, Nat Smith, Jiahang Han, and Terry Engelder

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... we attempt to provide an insight to help understand the magnitude and event rate of microseismic events based on horizontal slip on bedding planes...

Reservoir Induced Seismicity near Heron and El Vado Reservoirs, Northern New Mexico, and Implications for Fluid Injection within the San Juan Basin, #80480 (2015).

Philip J. Carpenter, Issa W. El-Hussain

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... Abstract Spatial, temporal, and magnitude-frequency relationships for earthquakes occurring between 1976 and 1984 near Heron and El Vado reservoirs...

Incorporating Simple Erosion into Structural Forward Models: Reconstructing Burial Histories from Angular Unconformities in Growth Strata; #42365 (2019)

Nathan Eichelberger, Alan Nunns, Ian McGregor, Stephen Ball, Daniel Claroni, Nick Perez, Dengfa He, Rui Liu

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... the timing and magnitude of each deformational phase as well as providing the burial history. A final example from the Outeniqua Basin in South Africa...

Preliminary Report on Curved Fractures Near Faults as Related to Fluid Extraction

Richard J. Erdlac, Jr., Richard J. Erdlac

West Texas Geological Society

... conditions of varying orientation and magnitude were combined by superposition to model a single continuous paleostress field curvature. These stress...

Earthquakes in the San Andreas Fault Zone, Maricopa to Elizabeth Lake

Gordon B. Oakeshott

Pacific Section of AAPG

.... F., 1935, An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale: Seis. Soc. America Bull., v. 25, p. 1-32. Richter, C. F., 1955, Seismic history in the San...

Horizontal well: The key factor to improve oil recovery in Bohai Bay

Xiaoming Chen, Yingxian Liu, Hui Cai, Meinan Wang, Junting Zhang

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... pressure gradient has no obvious effect. Reservoir numerical simulation shows that at high water cut stage horizontal wells may increase the magnitude...

Scaling the Response of Deltas To Relative-Sea-Level Cycles By Autogenic Space and Time Scales: A Laboratory Study

Lizhu Yu, Qi Li,, Kyle M. Straub

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... systems and has been studied extensively for decades. However, we still lack a quantitative framework to define how the magnitude and period of a RSL...

A tale of two ML5.2s in northern Reeves County, Texas

Adam M. Baig, Sepi Karimi, Aaron Booterbaugh

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., but for a high-resolution picture of the smaller magnitude seismicity to be constructed. We observe that these two events are separated by a relatively quiescent...

Oklahoma Earthquakes, #70211 (2016).

Jeremy Boak, Kyle Murray, Jefferson Chang

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... disposal of waste water in the Arbuckle Formation and the basement on the one hand, and an ~500-fold increase in the number of earthquakes of magnitude >3.0...

The in situ Stress Field of the Cooper Basin and its Implications for Hot Dry Rock Geothermal Energy Development

S. D. Reynolds, S. D. Mildren, R. R. Hillis, J. J. Meyer

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... of the orientation and magnitude of the three principal stresses, and the p ore pressure distribution is required. For the purpose of this study, we...

Geomechanical aspects of CO2 sequestration in a deep saline reservoir in the Ohio River Valley region

Amie Lucier, Mark Zoback, Neeraj Gupta, T. S. Ramakrishnan

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... to constrain the orientation and magnitude of crustal stressesApplication to continental, Deep-Sea Drilling Project, and Ocean Drilling Program boreholes...

Dynamics of Vertical Migration of Combustible Gas

N. V. Kulakov, M. A. Lipovskiy

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... potential. The magnitude of the specific mechanical energy can be determined by the equation of Vernulli and, if movement of the gas is taken...

Intraclast Orientation in Cambro-ordovician Limestones in Western Maryland

R. C. Lindholm

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... between 1.0 mm and 14.0 mm (Table 1). The azimuths of long axes of 1699 clasts were measured. The vector magnitude for 20 of the samples is significant...

Recent Earthquakes in Oklahoma and the Mid-Continent: Significance and Potential for Induced Seismicity, #41619 (2015).

Austin Holland

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...) Abstract Currently Oklahoma and the Mid-Continent are experiencing more magnitude three and greater earthquakes than the tectonically active western United...

Rock Strength, Stress and Wellbore Stability in Telisa Formation, South Sumatera Basin

Mula Nur Ahmad

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... the orientation and the magnitude of a complete stress tensor. The magnitude of the vertical stress can be determined from the weight of the overlying...

Seismicity of Northern Canada1

Anne E. Stevens

CSPG Bulletin

... and that all earthquakes above a certain threshold magnitude be located. It has been impossible in the past to meet these three requirements in Canada...

Integration of Microseismic With Rock Properties From Multi-Component Seismic Data, Mississippi Lime Play, North-Central Oklahoma

Scott W. Singleton, Shihong Chi, Crystal Lapaire, Lisa Sanford, Paul Constance

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... a larger proportion of small magnitude events. Introduction The purpose of this work is to showcase the benefits of multi-disciplinary data...

Porosity Reduction in Sandstone by Quartz Overgrowth: DISCUSSION

Jeffrey S. Hanor

AAPG Bulletin

... a vector that has both direction and magnitude (Jenson and Jeffreys, 1977, p. 207). The term ^nabla P defines both the spatial direction and the magnitude...

Abstracts: Q Determination, Corner Frequency and Spectral Characteristics of Microseismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing; #90173 (2015)

David W. Eaton

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... for predicting magnitude detection distance relations and suggest that, even neglecting near surface attenuation, only low-frequency (~ 50 Hz) P waves could...

Abstract: Insights into the Regional Sedimentary Organisation of the Walloon Subgroup, Surat Basin; #90234 (2015)

Daren Shields and Joan Esterle

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... Bed Methane in the Asia Pacific, February 12-13, 2015, Brisbane Australia foreset dip magnitude and azimuth as well as the planar horizontal bounding...

Curvature Computations Enhance Exploration, by Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt, #40838 (2011).

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Spectral Decomposition Methods: Applicability and Limitations, by Satinder Chopra and Kurt J. Marfurt; #41323 (2014).

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