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Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

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Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

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Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2016-12, Vol.354 (6318), p.1406-1409

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English

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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Contents

Hydraulic fracturing has been inferred to trigger the majority of injection-induced earthquakes in western Canada, in contrast to the Midwestern United States, where massive saltwater disposal is the dominant triggering mechanism. A template-based earthquake catalog from a seismically active Canadian shale play, combined with comprehensive injectio...

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Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1880017289

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1880017289

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ISSN

0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.aag2583

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