Earthquake hazard associated with deep well injection : a report to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency /
Nicholson, Craig
Earthquake hazard associated with deep well injection : a report to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency / by Craig Nicholson and Robert L. Wesson ; prepared in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency. - [Washington]: [United States Government Printing Office], [1990]. - vii, 74 p. : maps, tables ; 28 cm. +1 map. - 1951 .
Map on folded leaf in pocket. Conduct map: earthquakes in the conterninous United States (1975-84) and sites of earthquakes associated with deep-well activities.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-35).
Under certain circumstances, the increased pore pressure resulting from fluid injection, whether for waste disposal, secondary recovery, geothermal energy, or solution mining, can trigger earthquakes. This report discusses known cases of injection-induced seismicity and how and why earthquakes may be triggered, as well as conditions under which the triggering is most likely to occur. Criteria are established to assist in regulating well operations so as to minimize the seismic hazard associated with deep well fluid injection.
Oil field flooding--Environmental aspects--United States
Deep-well disposal--Environmental aspects--United States
Induced seismicity--United States
622.33827
Earthquake hazard associated with deep well injection : a report to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency / by Craig Nicholson and Robert L. Wesson ; prepared in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency. - [Washington]: [United States Government Printing Office], [1990]. - vii, 74 p. : maps, tables ; 28 cm. +1 map. - 1951 .
Map on folded leaf in pocket. Conduct map: earthquakes in the conterninous United States (1975-84) and sites of earthquakes associated with deep-well activities.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-35).
Under certain circumstances, the increased pore pressure resulting from fluid injection, whether for waste disposal, secondary recovery, geothermal energy, or solution mining, can trigger earthquakes. This report discusses known cases of injection-induced seismicity and how and why earthquakes may be triggered, as well as conditions under which the triggering is most likely to occur. Criteria are established to assist in regulating well operations so as to minimize the seismic hazard associated with deep well fluid injection.
Oil field flooding--Environmental aspects--United States
Deep-well disposal--Environmental aspects--United States
Induced seismicity--United States
622.33827