Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

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[EE] Poster

S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-SS Seismology

[S-SS03] Induced and triggered seismicity: case-studies, monitoring and modeling techniques

Wed. May 23, 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall7, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Francesco Grigoli(ETH-Zurich, Swiss Seismological Service), Yosuke Aoki(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo), Bogdan Enescu(京都大学 大学院 理学研究科 地球惑星科学専攻 地球物理学教室, 共同), Luca Urpi(Swiss Seismological Service - ETH Zurich)

[SSS03-P04] Numerical investigation of Reservoir Induced Seismcity: poroelastic response of a layered media

*Luca Urpi1, Antonio Pio Rinaldi1, Luigi Improta2 (1.Swiss Seismological Service - ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2.Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Seismology and Tectonophysics, Rome, Italy)

Keywords:RIS, poroelasticity, Induced seismicity, Layered crust, fault reactivation

Water level reservoir affects the underlying crust stress state through the poroelastic response to the weight of the water volume stored and by the consequent fluid movement. The perturbation of crustal stress state has been associated to seismic events with maximum magnitudes up to 6.3, as recorded in the largest confirmed case of Reservoir-Induced Seismicity (RIS), that took place at the Konya reservoir in India. In this work, we present results of forward numerical modeling (finite element), to evaluate the poroelastic effect on the possible triggering of induced events, especially considering the undrained and the drained response of a layered crustal model. The 3-dimensional model presented here allows inclusion of heterogeneous elastic and hydraulic properties. Stress and strain are calculated for a transient evolution of the water level, and the calculation allows to compute dCFS (change in Coulomb failure stress) and to identify promotion of failure on different planes at different time of reservoir activities. The short-term undrained response strongly depends on the elastic properties and can be amplified in a heterogeneous layered elastic media, especially for a media being stiffer with increasing depth. The long-term response depends on the hydraulic properties and it can play a role even if the reservoir is hydraulically isolated from the underlying units.