Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; April 1990; v. 80; no. 2; p. 450-473
© 1990 Seismological Society of America
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by GRASSO, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by WITTLINGER, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
GeoRef
Right arrow GeoRef Citation

Ten years of seismic monitoring over a gas field

J. R. GRASSO and G. WITTLINGER

LABORATOIRE DE GEOPHYSIQUE INTERNE ET TECTONOPHYSIQUE OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER, LGIT IRIGMBP 53x, 38041 GRENOBLE CEDEX France
LABORATOIRE DE SISMOLOGIE INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE STRASBOURG, 5 RUE RENÉ DESCARTES, 64084 STRASBOURG CEDEX France

Abstract

Ten years of seismic recording allows us to locate more than 800 tremors with magnitudes ranging from 1.0 to 4.2, in a small (10 by 10 by 5 km) volume near a major gas field (Lacq, France). The seismic activity began 10 yr after gas extraction began. Nearly all of the epicenters are located within the lateral extent of the gas field. The only perturbation of the stress or strain fields, which has the same spatial and temporal scale as the seismicity, is the 500-bar drop in gas pressure due to 20 yr of gas exploitation, demonstrating that these events are induced. The network, established to monitor this activity, consists of eight telemetered stations including a well-bottom geophone located at 3200 m depth. Using three-dimensional relocation techniques, we computed new hypocenter positions for more than 280 events. These better-located hypocenters form a diffuse zone that mimics the local dome structure. Taking the regional tectonic stresses into account, we suggest that these ruptures may be the result of unfolding of the dome structure.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaHome page
T. Dahm, F. Kruger, K. Stammler, K. Klinge, R. Kind, K. Wylegalla, and J.-R. Grasso
The 2004 Mw 4.4 Rotenburg, Northern Germany, Earthquake and Its Possible Relationship with Gas Recovery
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, June 1, 2007; 97(3): 691 - 704.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaHome page
S. D. Davis, P. A. Nyffenegger, and C. Frohlich
The 9 April 1993 earthquake in south-central Texas: Was it induced by fluid withdrawal?
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, December 1, 1995; 85(6): 1888 - 1895.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaHome page
A. MCGARR
On a possible connection between three major earthquakes in California and oil production
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, June 1, 1991; 81(3): 948 - 970.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaHome page
D. I. DOSER, M. R. BAKER, and D. B. MASON
Seismicity in the War-Wink gas field, Delaware Basin, west Texas, and its relationship to petroleum production
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, June 1, 1991; 81(3): 971 - 986.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1990 by the Seismological Society of America.