Injection and Rupture (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Injection and Rupture

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Wastewater injected in an underground reservoir layer crossed by a fault triggers an earthquake. The earthquake rupture grows larger than the zone pressurized by water injection.

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Galis et al., and Thomas Willard/Caltech Graphic Resources

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