Felt seismicity associated with shale gas hydraulic fracturing: The first documented example in Europe

0441278 - ÚSMH 2015 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Clarke, H. - Eisner, Leo - Styles, P. - Turner, P.
Felt seismicity associated with shale gas hydraulic fracturing: The first documented example in Europe.
Geophysical Research Letters. Roč. 41, č. 23 (2014), s. 8308-8314. ISSN 0094-8276. E-ISSN 1944-8007
R&D Projects: GA ČR GAP210/12/2451
Institutional support: RVO:67985891
Keywords : microseismic event * microseismic monitoring * source mechanisms
Subject RIV: DC - Siesmology, Volcanology, Earth Structure
Impact factor: 4.196, year: 2014
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL062047/abstract

We describe the origin of felt seismicity during the hydraulic fracturing of the Bowland Shale near Blackpool in the UK during 2011. The seismicity resulted from the interaction of hydraulic fracturing and a fault, the location of which was unknown at the time but has subsequently been located and does not intersect the well borehole. A representative hypocenter and strike-slip focal mechanism is calculated using the best recorded seismic event.
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