Induced earthquakes in the development of unconventional energy resources

作     者：YANG HongFeng LIU YaJing WEI Meng ZHUANG JianCang ZHOU ShiYong 

作者机构：Earth System Science Programme Faculty of Science Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 999077 China Earth and Planetary Sciences McGill UniversityMontreal Quebec H3A 2A7 Canada Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode lsland Narragansett Rhode lsland 02882 USA Institute of Statistical Mathematics Tokyo 190-8562 Japan ITAG Institute of Theoretical and Applied Geophysics Peking University Beijing 100871 China 

出 版 物：《Science China Earth Sciences》 (中国科学（地球科学英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第60卷第9期

页      面：1632-1644页

核心收录：

学科分类：080702[工学-热能工程] 070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 0704[理学-天文学] 

基　　金：supported by the NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme sponsored by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Grant Nos. N_CUHK418/15, N_CUHK430/16) CUHK-University of Manchester Research Fund (Grant No. 4930227) United States National Science Foundation (Grant No. OCE-1357433) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant No. STPGP 494141-16) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant Nos. KAKENHI 2624004, 26280006) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41474033) the Summer School Program of Peking University 

主　　题：诱发地震 能源开发 地震灾害评估 潜在环境影响 人类活动 地下流体 水库蓄水 废液处理 

摘      要：It has long been known that human activities such as waste fluid disposal and reservoir impoundment may cause earthquakes. Recently, anthropogenic activities to tackle the increasing energy demand and to address climate change issues are also reported to induce earthquakes. These activities have a common attribute in that fluids are injected and extracted underground and induce spatiotemporal changes of pore pressure and stress, which may cause slip on faults. Induced earthquakes not only pose significant impacts on seismic hazard assessment and preparation, but also raise the question to the society as how to balance the economic needs of resources development and the public s concerns about potential environmental impacts. Here we review the observations of fluid-injection/extraction induced earthquakes, ground deformation associated with these activities, and their physical mechanisms. Furthermore, we discuss the influences of induced earthquakes on seismic hazard models, regulatory policies on these anthropogenic activities, and current development of academic, industrial and government initiatives and collaborations in order to understand this intriguing phenomenon and address associated challenges.