Fault reactivation and earthquakes with magnitudes of up to Mw4. 7 induced by shale-gas hydraulic fracturing in Sichuan Basin, China

X Lei, D Huang, J Su, G Jiang, X Wang, H Wang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
This paper presents a timely and detailed study of significant injection-induced seismicity
recently observed in the Sichuan Basin, China, where shale-gas hydraulic fracturing has …

GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: Updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean

M Palano, L Ferranti, C Monaco… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We present an improved rendition of the geodetic velocity and strain fields in Sicily and
southern Calabria obtained through the analysis of 18 years of GPS observations from …

Modeling crustal deformation and rupture processes related to upwelling of deep CO2‐rich fluids during the 1965–1967 Matsushiro earthquake swarm in Japan

F Cappa, J Rutqvist, K Yamamoto - Journal of Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In Matsushiro, central Japan, a series of more than 700,000 earthquakes occurred over a 2‐
year period (1965–1967) associated with a strike‐slip faulting sequence. This swarm of …

On the present-day crustal stress, strain-rate fields and mantle anisotropy pattern of Italy

M Palano - Geophysical Journal International, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present an up-to-date high resolution picture of the ongoing crustal deformation field of
Italy, based on an extensive combination of permanent and non-permanent GPS …

The interdisciplinary use of “overpressure”

DCP Peacock, MW Anderson, A Rotevatn… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Overpressure is a polysemic word that has a variety of meanings within and across different
disciplines. This is likely to be a particular problem in analysis of geothermal resources …

Data integration and favourability maps for exploring geothermal systems in Sicily, southern Italy

E Trumpy, A Donato, G Gianelli, G Gola, A Minissale… - Geothermics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper describes a data integration tool used to identify potentially undiscovered
geothermal resources in the island of Sicily. The factors facilitating the recovery of …

Fiber optic sensing for geomechanical monitoring:(2)-distributed strain measurements at a pumping test and geomechanical modeling of deformation of reservoir …

X Lei, Z Xue, T Hashimoto - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Geomechanical modeling with fiber optic distributed strain sensing has
high potential to interpret reservoir deformation due to pressure change in subsurface at the …

Heavy metal concentrations in the groundwater of the Barcellona-Milazzo Plain (Italy): Contributions from Geogenic and Anthropogenic Sources

M Cangemi, P Madonia, L Albano… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
We collected and analysed 58 samples of groundwater from wells in the Barcellona-Milazzo
Plain, one of the most important coastal aquifers of Sicily (Italy), to determine major, minor …

[HTML][HTML] Stress, strain and mass changes at Mt. Etna during the period between the 1991–93 and 2001 flank eruptions

D Carbone, M Aloisi, S Vinciguerra, G Puglisi - Earth-science reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
During the~ 8-year period between the 1991–93 and 2001 flank eruptions, the eruptive
activity of Mt. Etna was confined to the summit craters. Deformation and tomography studies …

Active faulting and continental slope instability in the Gulf of Patti (Tyrrhenian side of NE Sicily, Italy): a field, marine and seismological joint analysis

F Cultrera, G Barreca, P Burrato, L Ferranti, C Monaco… - Natural Hazards, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Gulf of Patti and its onshore sector represent one of the most seismically active
regions of the Italian Peninsula. Over the period 1984–2014, about 1800 earthquakes with …