誘発された地震性. 高速の注入は,米国中部大陸の地震性の増加と関連しています
M Weingarten1, S Ge2, J W Godt3
1Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. matthew.weingarten@colorado.edu.
まとめ
排水の注入井戸は,米国中部大陸の地震発生率の増加と関連しています. 高速の注入井は,地震活動とより強い関連性を示しており,注入速度の管理が誘発地震を減らす可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地震学 地震学とは
- 環境科学 環境科学
背景:
- アメリカ大陸中部の地震がかつてないほど急増したのは2009年から始まった.
- これらの地震現象の多くは,排水注入活動に関連しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国中部と東部における排水注入と地震性の関係を調査する.
- 誘発性地震性と相関する要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 米国中部と東部にわたる注入井戸の新しいデータベースを組み立てました.
- 地震発生率と排水注入データとの相関を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 観測された地震発生率の増加は,すべて液体注入井戸に関連している.
- 高速率の注入井戸 (>300,000バレル/月) は,低速度の井戸よりもより頻繁に地震に関連しています.
- 累積注入量,圧力,深さ,地下岩への接近は地震関連と強く相関しなかった.
結論:
- 廃棄水の注入は,米国の中央大陸の地震性における重要な要因です.
- 注入率の管理は,誘発地震のリスクを軽減するための実行可能な戦略であるようです.
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