Hydraulic stimulation strategies in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS): a review

Y Jia, CF Tsang, A Hammar, A Niemi - Geomechanics and Geophysics for …, 2022 - Springer
In enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), the natural permeability of deep rocks is normally
not high enough and needs to be increased. Permeability increase can be achieved through …

Induced and triggered seismicity by immediate stress transfer and delayed fluid migration in a fractured geothermal reservoir at Pohang, South Korea

KI Kim, H Yoo, S Park, J Yim, L Xie, KB Min… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reveals the important role of hydromechanical responses of large hydraulic
fractures in the cause and mechanisms of induced seismicity associated with the M w 5.5 …

Rock damage evolution in the production process of the enhanced geothermal systems considering thermal-hydrological-mechanical and damage (THM-D)

Y Shi, F Xu, X Song, G Wang, Y Zuo, X Li, J Ji - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hot dry rocks (HDRs) geothermal relies mainly on enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) for
production. During production, the evolution of rock stress distribution will cause damage to …

Unravelling a midcrustal seismogenic fault structure from a seismic sequence and geophysical data: application to the 28 October 2022 ML 4.1 Goesan earthquake …

TK Hong, J Lee, J Lee, S Park, B Kim… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY Earthquakes in the Korean Peninsula often occur in subsurface hidden faults
that are hardly identified before the seismic activity. We investigate a midcrustal subsurface …

An approach for predicting surface strong motion using borehole seismometers

H Lee, JK Ahn, B Kim, KH Yun - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2024 - Elsevier
South Korea has implemented borehole-type seismometers for reliable earthquake
observations and earthquake early-warning systems, with approximately 85% of …

Continent‐Side Uplifted Mantle and Geological Imprints Along a Paleo Rift in the Western East Sea (Sea of Japan)

S Park, TK Hong - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the continent‐size lithospheric structures of paleo rift around the central
Korean Peninsula using ambient noise tomography and earthquake‐based Eikonal …

Middle to lower crustal earthquakes in the western East Sea (Sea of Japan) and their implications for neotectonic evolution

TK Hong, S Park, J Lee, J Lee, B Kim - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The western East Sea (Sea of Japan) is a seismically active region. A major
earthquake in the western East Sea may cause damage in the eastern Korean Peninsula …

Tectonic evolution of the Yangsan Fault, SE-Korea, by gravity field interpretation

S Choi, SW Kim, JS Yoon… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
To estimate the tectonic displacement history of the Yangsan Fault (YSF) in the Cretaceous
Gyeongsang Basin (GB), SE-Korea, gravity field measurements were implemented and …

Potential Seismic Hazard in Seoul, South Korea: A Comprehensive Analysis of Geology, Seismic, and Geophysical Field Observations, Historical Earthquakes, and …

B Kim, TK Hong, J Lee, S Park… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT A series of moderate‐size (M w 4.0–6.0) earthquakes occurred in South Korea
after the 2011 M w 9.0 Tohoku–Oki megathrust earthquake, incurring public concern about …

Midcrustal moderate-size earthquake occurrence in paleovolcanic structures off Jeju Island, South Korea

J Lee, TK Hong, S Park, B Kim - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024 - Elsevier
A series of midcrustal moderate-size earthquakes occurred in the Korean Peninsula
recently. A midcrustal ML 4.9 strike-slip earthquake with a fault-plane strike in NS occurred …