Static behaviour of induced seismicity

Mignan, Arnaud

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-107-2016

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-107-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-107-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

Research article

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29 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2016

Static behaviour of induced seismicity

Arnaud Mignan

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RC C632: 'Seismology', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2016
- AC C636: 'Reply to comment by A. Mignan', Arnaud Mignan, 15 Jan 2016
RC C647: 'NC-PAST Induced Seismicity', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jan 2016
- AC C662: 'Reply to comment by A. Mignan', Arnaud Mignan, 28 Jan 2016

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AR by Arnaud Mignan on behalf of the Authors (15 Feb 2016)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Feb 2016) by Richard Gloaguen

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (13 Mar 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 Mar 2016)

ED: Publish as is (13 Apr 2016) by Richard Gloaguen

AR by Arnaud Mignan on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2016)

Short summary

Induced seismicity is a concern for the industries relying on fluid injection in the deep parts of the Earth’s crust. At the same time, fluid injection sites provide natural laboratories to study the impact of increased fluid pressure on earthquake generation. In this study, I show that simple geometric operations on a static stress field produced by volume change at depth explains two empirical laws of induced seismicity without having recourse to complex models derived from rock mechanics.