relation: https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1485/
title: Reservoir-induced Seismicity in Brazil
creator: Assumpcao, Marcelo
creator: Marza, Vasile
creator: Barros, Lucas
creator: Chimpliganond, Cristiano
creator: Soares, Jose Eduardo
creator: Carvalho, Juraci
creator: Caixeta, Daniel
creator: Amorim, Alexandre
creator: Cabral, Edmar
subject: Collective properties of seismicity
subject: Technology-seismicity interaction
subject: Brazil
subject: Reservoir impoundment
description: A compilation of 16 cases of reservoir-induced seismicity in Brazil is presented with maximum magnitudes ranging from 1.6 M L to 4.2 m b . The compilation includes: location of the main epicentral area with respect to the reservoir (inside the lake, at the margin, or outside), predominant geology, and the temporal distribution of the main phase(s) of activity (initial or delayed in relation to impoundment). Data on the regional stress field for some reservoirs is also included. Four recent cases are discussed in more detail: Tucuruí, Nova Ponte, Miranda, and Serra da Mesa. A comparison with all other reservoirs deeper than 30 m and 50 m suggests that the hazard for induced-seismicity varies within Brazil: the NE part of the intracratonic Paraná basin has higher hazard as compared with the southern part of the same basin. No correlation of the induced hazard with variations in natural seismicity can be observed.
publisher: Springer Verlag
date: 2002
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Assumpcao, Marcelo and Marza, Vasile and Barros, Lucas and Chimpliganond, Cristiano and Soares, Jose Eduardo and Carvalho, Juraci and Caixeta, Daniel and Amorim, Alexandre and Cabral, Edmar  (2002) Reservoir-induced Seismicity in Brazil.  Pure and Applied Geophysics, 159 (1).  pp. 597-617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001266 <https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001266>     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00001266
relation: doi:10.1007/PL00001266