Induced Seismicity and Fault Reactivation

When pressure changes move faults. Resolve stress onto a fault, read its slip tendency, compute the pressure it takes to reactivate it, bound the magnitude by the volume moved, and decide whether a caprock will seal or leak. The physics behind injection, storage, and the seismicity they can trigger.

7 interactive sections across 1 book
Start here → Slip Tendency, from Geomechanics

Geomechanics

  1. Slip Tendency
  2. The Reactivation Pressure
  3. Induced Seismicity
  4. Seal or Leak
  5. Four Failures That Built a Discipline
  6. Stress on a Fault
  7. From the Lab to the Field

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