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High density oilfield wastewater disposal causes deeper, stronger, and more persistent earthquakes

Oilfield wastewater disposal causes fluid pressure transients that induce earthquakes. Here we show that, in addition to pressure transients related to pumping, there are pressure transients caused by density differences between the wastewater and host rock fluids. In northern Oklahoma, this effect...

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Autores principales: Pollyea, Ryan M., Chapman, Martin C., Jayne, Richard S., Wu, Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6635411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31311936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11029-8