Friday, November 18, 2016

Fracking can prime faults for subsequent quakes

Hydraulic fracturing in western Canada can prime faults for earthquakes that strike months after fracking ceases, reports a new study published this week in Science. While it’s long been known that the injection of wastewater into disposal wells can trigger earthquakes by increasing pore p...

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