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Fault slip potential induced by fluid injection in the Matouying enhanced geothermal system (EGS) field, Tangshan seismic region, North China
Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,
Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Geological Safety, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100081, China
Guangliang Gao
School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
Jidong Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Tangshan, 063000, China
Shihuai Zhang
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8092,
Switzerland
Dongsheng Sun
Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,
Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Geological Safety, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100081, China
Siyu Zhu
Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,
Beijing, 100081, China
Chengxuan Tan
Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences,
Beijing, 100081, China
Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Geological Safety, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100081, China
Xiaodong Ma
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8092,
Switzerland
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We show how FSP (Fault Slip Potential) software can be used in quantitative screening to estimate the fault slip potential in a region with some uncertainties in the ambient stress field and to assess the reactivation potential on these faults of presumably higher criticality in response to fluid injection. The case study of the Matouying enhanced geothermal system (EGS) field has important implications for deep geothermal exploitation in China, especially for the Gonghe EGS in Qinghai Province.
We show how FSP (Fault Slip Potential) software can be used in quantitative screening to...
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