Earthquakes and depleted gas reservoirs: which comes first?

While scientists are paying increasing attention to the seismicity potentially induced by hydrocarbon exploitation, so far, little is known about the reverse problem, i.e. the impact of active faulting and earthquakes on hydrocarbon reservoirs. The 20 and 29 May 2012 earthquakes in Emilia, northern...

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Main Authors: M. Mucciarelli, F. Donda, G. Valensise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-10-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/2201/2015/nhess-15-2201-2015.pdf