Managing the risks of (short-term) induced seismicity
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Earthquakes are known to be caused by anthropogenic sources: wastewater injection, hydraulic fracturing, mining, geothermal operations, and underground storage. Induced events have been large enough to cause loss of life and significant economic losses. In many cases, induced seismicity is one of the major technical hurdles for resource development. In fact, concerns around the risks posed by these operations have been great enough to end operations. In this thesis, I develop a risk-based approach to manage the risks of induced earthquakes by informing the threshold for stopping an operation (i.e., the red-light). Due to the complexity of this issue, multiple concepts were developed to begin addressing it. Within this thesis, I provide a review of short-term induced seismicity cases (i.e., hydraulic fracturing & enhanced geothermal systems), describe common themes relevant for risk management, describe current shortcomings, develop tools/concepts to address these shortcomings, and then incorporate these concepts/themes together into a risk-based framework. In addition, we provided links to the codes and papers developed to address this issue. Overall, the concepts here begin building a framework for the management of induced seismicity risks -- to strike the right balance between public safety and orderly development of resources.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Schultz, Ryan James |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Beroza, Gregory C. (Gregory Christian) |
| Thesis advisor | Beroza, Gregory C. (Gregory Christian) |
| Thesis advisor | Ellsworth, William L |
| Thesis advisor | Zoback, Mark D |
| Degree committee member | Ellsworth, William L |
| Degree committee member | Zoback, Mark D |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Geophysics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Ryan Schultz. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Geophysics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gm749sw0185 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Ryan James Schultz
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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