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Laboratory study of microseismicity spreading due to pore pressure change

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Microseismicity variations in space and time due to pore pressure changes in an inhomogeneous permeable sample are considered. The analysis is based on laboratory experiments performed to study the relation between acoustic emission (which corresponds to microseismic events in real scale) and pore pressure changes due to water injection into, or release from, a porous sample under load. The study showed not only some characteristics of microseismicity variations during non-stationary fluid flow but also the possibility to solve the inverse problem of estimating local permeability from variations of microseismic activity in a particular volume of the porous medium.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the generous support of Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR project # 10-05-00638), Christian Besson for his valuable comments, and the reviewers of the manuscript for their suggestions.

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  1. Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    S. B. Turuntaev, E. I. Eremeeva & E. V. Zenchenko

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Turuntaev, S.B., Eremeeva, E.I. & Zenchenko, E.V. Laboratory study of microseismicity spreading due to pore pressure change. J Seismol 17, 137–145 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-012-9303-x

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