QUAKE Seminar

Spring 2010 Schedule

This quarter's topic: Triggered/induced seismicity and associated seismic hazard.

Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m., Mitchell 350

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	Date	Leader	Paper Title	Download
1.	22 Sept.		Organizational meeting
2.	29 Sept.	Introduction to the topic, and case study at The Geysers
		Marine, Angie, Randi	Majer & others (2007), Induced seismicity associated with Enhanced Geothermal Systems. (first 15 pages)
3.	6 Oct.	Induced seismicity in hydrocarbon fields
		Betsy, Noel	Suckale (2009), Induced seismicity in hydrocarbon fields.
4.	13 Oct.	Earthquakes in the Gazli (gas) field, Uzbekistan
		Annemarie, Xenia	Eyidogan & others (1985), The Gazli, USSR, 19 March 1985 earthquake: The mechanism and tectonic implications.
			Plotnikova & others (1996), The character and extent of seismic deformation in the focal zone of the Gazli earthquakes of 1976 and 1984 Gazli, M > 7.0
5.	20 Oct.	Mining-induced seismicity
		Justin, Arjun	McGarr & others (2002), Case histories of induced and triggered seismicity.
			Lucier & others (2009), Constraining the far-field in situ stress state near a deep South African gold mine.
6.	27 Oct.	Seismicity related to geothermal production in Basel, Switzerland
		Kevin, Sarah	Ripperger & others (2009), Ground motion and macroseismic intensities of a seismic event related to geothermal reservoir simulation below the city of Basel—observations and modelling.
7.	3 Nov.	Earthquakes in the Cerro Prieto geothermal field
		Ana, Jeremy	Glowacka & Nava (1996), Major earthquakes in Mexicali Valley, Mexico, and fluid extraction at Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field.
			Fabriol & Munguía (1997), Seismic activity at the Cerro Prieto geothermal area (Mexico) from August 1994 to December 1995, and its relationship with tectonics and fluid exploitation.
8.	10 Nov.	Introduction to probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA)
		Annemarie, Mark	Field, Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis: A primer.
9.	17 Nov.	PSHA in the Netherlands and El Salvador
		Owen, Indrajit	Bommer & others (2006), Control of hazard due to seismicity induced by a hot fractured rock geothermal project.
			van Eck & others (2006), Seismic hazard due to small-magnitude, shallow-source, induced earthquakes in The Netherlands.
Thanksgiving break
10.	1 Dec.	News articles and policy analysis
		Everyone	Cypser & Davis (1998), Induced seismicity and the potential for liability under U. S. law.
Finals week: AGU practice talks
*Article downloads require (1) Stanford IP address, (2) USGS IP address, or (3) valid SUNet ID.

Ideas for future seminar themes:

• Instrumentation.
• Regional geology of interest to geophysicists, with a field trip.
• Rotational seismology.
• Physics of seismic waves in the near surface.
• Energy budget/fracture mechanics of earthquakes.
• Slow slip and tremor.
• Tsunami.

Past seminar themes:

• 2009 winter—Multi-week case studies of individual earthquakes.
• 2009 spring—Seismicity induced by changes in pore fluid pressure.
• 2009 fall—Updates about ongoing research.
• 2010 winter—Triggering seismicity.
• 2010 spring—Volcano seismicity.