Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies

by Committee on Earth Resources, Committee on Induced Seismicity Potentia, Committee on Geological and Geotechnical, et al.

In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal energy development, have been found or suspected to cause seismic events, drawing heightened public attention.

Although only a very small fraction of injection and extraction activities among the hundreds of thousands of energy development sites in the United States have induced seismicity at levels...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309253675
• ISBN13: 9780309253673
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"