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Schultz, Ryan
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Tamburini Beliveau, Guillermo

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Correa Otto, Sebastian Ariel

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Grosso Heredia, Javier
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2025-03-13T10:46:30Z
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2024-11
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Schultz, Ryan; Tamburini Beliveau, Guillermo; Correa Otto, Sebastian Ariel; Grosso Heredia, Javier; Chasing the ghost of fracking in the Vaca Muerta Formation: Induced seismicity in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina; McGill University; Seismica; 3; 2; 11-2024; 1-13
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/256099
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Earthquakes are known to be induced by a variety of anthropogenic causes, such as hydraulic fracturing. In the Neuquén Basin of Argentina, hydraulic fracturing has been used to produce hydrocarbons trapped in the shales of the Vaca Muerta Formation. Correspondingly, incidences of seismicity there have increased. We collect information on well stimulations and earthquakes to perform statistical analysis linking these two datasets together. Spatiotemporal association filters suggest that the catalogue of events is biased towards hydraulic fracturing operations. After accounting for false-positives, we estimate that ~0.5% of operations are associated with earthquakes. These associated event-operation pairs show highly correlated temporal signals (>99.99% confidence) between seismicity/injection rates. Based on this evidence, we argue that many of these earthquakes are induced. We support this argument by comparing the geological setting of the Neuquén Basin against conditions needed for fault reactivation in other susceptible/seismogenic basins. This recognition adds to the growing list of (hydraulic fracturing) induced seismicity.
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application/pdf
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eng
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McGill University
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/
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INDUCED
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SEISMICITY
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SPATIOTEMPORAL
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ANALYSIS
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Geociencias multidisciplinaria

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Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente

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CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS

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Chasing the ghost of fracking in the Vaca Muerta Formation: Induced seismicity in the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2025-03-12T12:07:22Z
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2816-9387
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3
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2
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1-13
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Canadá

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Montréal
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Fil: Schultz, Ryan. Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule zurich (eth Zurich);
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Fil: Tamburini Beliveau, Guillermo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Santa Cruz. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz; Argentina
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Fil: Correa Otto, Sebastian Ariel. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Geofísico Sismológico Volponi; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan; Argentina
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Fil: Grosso Heredia, Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Formación Docente Fiske Menuco; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Geografía; Argentina
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Seismica
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1435
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1435
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