eprintid: 1300 rev_number: 21 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/00/13/00 datestamp: 2015-02-09 13:07:15 lastmod: 2017-02-08 12:21:32 status_changed: 2015-04-27 12:10:38 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Baisch, Stefan creators_name: Vörös, Robert creators_name: Rothert, Elmar creators_name: Stang, Henrik creators_name: Jung, Reinhard creators_name: Schellschmidt, Rüdiger creators_id: baisch@q-con.de creators_id: creators_id: rothert@q-con.de creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: corp_creators: Q-con GmbH corp_creators: Q-con GmbH corp_creators: Q-con GmbH corp_creators: Q-con GmbH corp_creators: Jung-Geotherm corp_creators: Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics title: A numerical model for fluid injection induced seismicity at Soultz-sous-Forêts ispublished: pub subjects: MP4 subjects: RF1 subjects: SG divisions: IP4 full_text_status: none keywords: Reservoir induced seismicity, Numerical simulations, Earthquake mechanics, Geothermal, Seismic risk abstract: During fluid injection experiments at the geothermal site of Soultz-sous-Forets(France), more than 114,000 induced seismic events with magnitudes between -2.0 and +2.9 were detected by a local downhole monitoring network. Of these, 35,039 events are sufficiently constrained to be located. Hypocenters align along a sub-vertical, planar structure with the apparent width being dominated by data scattering indicating that seismic activity predominantly occurs along a (pre-existing) larger scale fault structure. For this scenario, we present a numerical model to simulate hydraulic over pressures and induced seismicity during hydraulic injection. The numerical model is based on the physical processes of fluid pressure and stress diffusion with triggering of the induced seismicity being controlled by Coulomb friction. Even in its simplest form of a fault zone without any structural heterogeneity, the numerical model reproduces typical observations at Soultz-sous-Forets, such as number and magnitude of induced events, hypocentre locations (including the Kaisere ffect), occurrence of post-injection seismicity, and the largest magnitude event occurring several days aftershut-in. date: 2010-04 date_type: published publication: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences volume: 47 number: 3 publisher: Elsevier Science pagerange: 405-413 id_number: doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.10.001 refereed: TRUE issn: 1365-1609 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.10.001 access_IS-EPOS: limited owner: Publisher citation: Baisch, Stefan and Vörös, Robert and Rothert, Elmar and Stang, Henrik and Jung, Reinhard and Schellschmidt, Rüdiger (2010) A numerical model for fluid injection induced seismicity at Soultz-sous-Forêts. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 47 (3). pp. 405-413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.10.001