Earthquakes Induced by the Stimulation of an Enhanced Geothermal System below Basel (Switzerland)

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Research Article| September 01, 2009 Earthquakes Induced by the Stimulation of an Enhanced Geothermal System below Basel (Switzerland) Nicholas Deichmann; Nicholas Deichmann Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zürich Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland [e-mail] (N. D.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Domenico Giardini Domenico Giardini Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zürich Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland [e-mail] (N. D.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Nicholas Deichmann Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zürich Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland [e-mail] (N. D.) Domenico Giardini Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zürich Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland [e-mail] (N. D.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2009 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2009) 80 (5): 784–798. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.80.5.784 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Nicholas Deichmann, Domenico Giardini; Earthquakes Induced by the Stimulation of an Enhanced Geothermal System below Basel (Switzerland). Seismological Research Letters 2009;; 80 (5): 784–798. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.80.5.784 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search To stimulate the reservoir for a "hot dry rock" geothermal project initiated by a private/public consortium in the city of Basel, Switzerland, approximately 11,500 m3 of water were injected at high pressures between 2 December and 8 December 2006 into a 5-km-deep well below Kleinhüningen (Häring et al. 2008). A six-sensor borehole array, installed by the operators of the project at depths between 317 and 2,740 meters around the well to monitor the induced seismicity recorded more than 10,500 seismic events during the injection phase. Hypocentral locations could be calculated for more than 3,000 of these events.... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.