Current challenges in monitoring, discrimination, and management of induced seismicity related to underground industrial activities: A European perspective

F Grigoli, S Cesca, E Priolo, AP Rinaldi… - Reviews of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the deep socioeconomic implications, induced seismicity is a timely and increasingly
relevant topic of interest for the general public. Cases of induced seismicity have a global …

InSAR data reveal that the largest hydraulic fracturing-induced earthquake in Canada, to date, is a slow-slip event

TS Eyre, S Samsonov, W Feng, H Kao, DW Eaton - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
For tectonic earthquakes, slip rate spans a continuum from creep to supershear
earthquakes, where slow slip events (SSEs) are important in releasing stress without …

Fluid Injection and Seismic Activity in the Northern Montney Play, British Columbia, Canada, with Special Reference to the 17 August 2015  4.6 Induced …

AB Mahani, R Schultz, H Kao… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In this article, we analyzed the recent seismic activity in the northern Montney Play of British
Columbia in 2015 and its connection with fluid injection (hydraulic fracturing and long‐term …

Ground‐motion characteristics of the 30 November 2018 injection‐induced earthquake sequence in northeast British Columbia, Canada

AB Mahani, H Kao, GM Atkinson… - Seismological …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
On 30 November 2018, three felt earthquakes occurred in the Septimus region of northeast
British Columbia in an area where hydraulic fracturing was in progress. The proximity of oil …

Performance assessment of the induced seismicity traffic light protocol for northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta

H Kao, R Visser, B Smith, S Venables - The Leading Edge, 2018 - library.seg.org
In response to the increasing concern of possible seismic risk due to injection operations
during development of unconventional hydrocarbon resources, regulators in both British …

Induced seismicity in western Canada linked to tectonic strain rate: Implications for regional seismic hazard

H Kao, R Hyndman, Y Jiang, R Visser… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A rapid increase of injection‐induced earthquakes (IIE) is often linked to a higher level of
seismic hazard. In this study, we compare the geodetically defined moment rate to seismicity …

Methane Emissions from Non-producing Oil and Gas Wells and the Potential Role of Seismic Activity: A Case Study in Northeast British Columbia, Canada

C Pozzobon, Y Liu, JD Kirkpatrick… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Increasing seismic activity due to fluid injections for oil and gas production may be
contributing to leakage along non-producing oil and gas wells and emitting methane, a …

A systematic study of earthquake source mechanism and regional stress field in the southern Montney unconventional play of northeast British Columbia, Canada

AB Mahani, F Esfahani, H Kao… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We provide a close look at the source mechanism of hydraulically fractured induced
earthquakes and the in situ stress field within the southern Montney unconventional play in …

How processing methodologies can distort and bias power spectral density estimates of seismic background noise

RE Anthony, AT Ringler, DC Wilson… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Power spectral density (PSD) estimates are widely used in seismological studies to
characterize background noise conditions, assess instrument performance, and study quasi …

[图书][B] A comprehensive earthquake catalogue for northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta, 2014-2016

R Visser, B Smith, H Kao, A Babaie Mahani… - 2017 - epe.lac-bac.gc.ca
To gain a better understanding of induced seismicity in northeast British Columbia and
western Alberta, we conducted an intensive analysis of seismic data to locate earthquakes …