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DOI | 10.1029/2020GL092038 |
Unravelling the causes of the seismicity induced by underground gas storage at Castor, Spain | |
Ví; ctor Vilarrasa; Silvia De Simone; Jesus Carrera; Antonio Villaseñ; or | |
2021-03-15 | |
发表期刊 | Geophysical Research Letters
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出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | The offshore Castor Underground Gas Storage (UGS) project had to be halted after gas injection triggered three M4 earthquakes, each larger than any ever induced by UGS. The mechanisms that induced seismicity in the crystalline basement at 5‐10 km depth after gas injection at 1.7 km depth remain unknown. Here we propose a combination of mechanisms to explain the observed seismicity. First, the critically stressed Amposta fault, bounding the storage formation, crept by the superposition of well‐known overpressure effects and buoyancy of the relatively light injected gas. This aseismic slip brought an unmapped critically stressed fault in the hydraulically disconnected crystalline basement to failure. We attribute the delay between induced earthquakes to the pressure drop associated to expansion of areas where earthquakes slips cause further instabilities. Earthquakes occur only after these pressure drops have dissipated. Understanding triggering mechanisms is key to forecast induced seismicity and successfully design deep underground operations. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/319852 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ví,ctor Vilarrasa,Silvia De Simone,et al. Unravelling the causes of the seismicity induced by underground gas storage at Castor, Spain[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2021. |
APA | Ví,ctor Vilarrasa,Silvia De Simone,Jesus Carrera,Antonio Villaseñ,&or.(2021).Unravelling the causes of the seismicity induced by underground gas storage at Castor, Spain.Geophysical Research Letters. |
MLA | Ví,et al."Unravelling the causes of the seismicity induced by underground gas storage at Castor, Spain".Geophysical Research Letters (2021). |
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