Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field
The objective of this project is to detect and locate microearthquakes to aid in the characterization of reservoir fracture networks. Accurate identification and mapping of the large numbers of microearthquakes induced in EGS is one technique that provides diagnostic information when determining the location, orientation and length of underground crack systems for use in reservoir development and management applications. Conventional earthquake location techniques often are employed to locate microearthquakes. However, these techniques require labor-intensive picking of individual seismic phase onsets across a network of sensors. For this project we adapt the Matched Field Processing (MFP) technique to the elastic propagation problem in geothermal reservoirs to identify more and smaller events than traditional methods alone.
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AB - The objective of this project is to detect and locate microearthquakes to aid in the characterization of reservoir fracture networks. Accurate identification and mapping of the large numbers of microearthquakes induced in EGS is one technique that provides diagnostic information when determining the location, orientation and length of underground crack systems for use in reservoir development and management applications. Conventional earthquake location techniques often are employed to locate microearthquakes. However, these techniques require labor-intensive picking of individual seismic phase onsets across a network of sensors. For this project we adapt the Matched Field Processing (MFP) technique to the elastic propagation problem in geothermal reservoirs to identify more and smaller events than traditional methods alone.
AU - Templeton, Dennise
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1148809
KW - geothermal
KW - seismicity
KW - earthquakes
KW - microearthquakes
KW - induced seismicity
KW - fracture
KW - seismology
KW - salton sea
LA - English
DA - 2013/10/01
PY - 2013
PB - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
T1 - Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1148809
ER -
Templeton, Dennise. Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1 October, 2013, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148809.
Templeton, D. (2013). Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148809
Templeton, Dennise. Microearthquake Studies at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, October, 1, 2013. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1148809
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abstractNote = {The objective of this project is to detect and locate microearthquakes to aid in the characterization of reservoir fracture networks. Accurate identification and mapping of the large numbers of microearthquakes induced in EGS is one technique that provides diagnostic information when determining the location, orientation and length of underground crack systems for use in reservoir development and management applications. Conventional earthquake location techniques often are employed to locate microearthquakes. However, these techniques require labor-intensive picking of individual seismic phase onsets across a network of sensors. For this project we adapt the Matched Field Processing (MFP) technique to the elastic propagation problem in geothermal reservoirs to identify more and smaller events than traditional methods alone.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/250},
year = {2013},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15121/1148809},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-08},
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https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1148809
Details
Data from Oct 1, 2013
Last updated May 26, 2017
Submitted Oct 1, 2013
Organization
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Contact
Dennise Templeton
925.422.2021
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, seismicity, earthquakes, microearthquakes, induced seismicity, fracture, seismology, salton seaDOE Project Details
Project Lead Lauren Boyd
Project Number AID 19981