PRESENTATIONS

Banff 2018 International Induced Seismicity Workshop: Oct. 24-27, 2018

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS (link)

Oral Presentations:

PLENARY TALKS

• Returning to Banff. The End of an Odyssey, Pradeep Talwani
• Induced Earthquakes: State of the Science 2018, Bill Ellsworth

PROCESSES LEADING TO LARGE FAILURE EVENTS

• Localization Processes Leading to Large Failures: Analysis of acoustic emission and earthquake catalogues, Ilya Zaliapin
• Damage evolution is leading to dynamic failure in rocks- observations from laboratory tests, Georg Dresen
• Seismic reactivation of basement structures in Oklahoma, Ze’ev Reches

HAZARD AND MITIGATION

• The USGS Induced-Seismicity Hazard Mapping Program, Mark Petersen
• Bridging Gaps in Induced-seismicity Hazard forecasting in Alberta, Canada, Ryan Schultz
• Potential deformations to earth dams from induced earthquakes, Norm Abrahamson
• An overview of induced-seismicity ground motions and their implications for hazard, Gail Atkinson

HIGH-QUALITY DATASETS:  HITS AND MISSES

• The Improvement of Regional Seismograph Networks in Northeast BC and Western AB: Impact on Regulations of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development, Honn Kao
• Trials and triumphs of a large-N seismic array to survey injection-induced earthquakes in northern Oklahoma, Elizabeth Cochran
• High-Quality Data Sets to High-Quality Risk Management Products: Enhanced IS Monitoring Case Study, Dario Baturan
• Insights from the joint interpretation of dense array observations and 3D multicomponent seismic: The ToC2ME experiment, Fox Creek, AB Induced Seismicity from a Regulatory Perspective, David Eaton

REGULATORY AND POLICY APPROACHES

• Induced Seismicity from a Regulatory Perspective, Rick Simmers

SESSION on the BC MONTNEY

• BC’s Regulatory Framework, Stuart (Stu) Venables
• Induced Seismicity: Observations, Research and Oversight in British Columbia, Stu Venables
• Progress Energy – An operator’s perspective on the nature of induced seismicity in the Montney field and the ever-evolving challenges for the regulatory body, Lindsay Miller

SESSION on the DUVERNAY

• Linking Science to Regulation for Rapid Response to Induced Seismicity: The Power of AGS Applied Science in the Alberta Energy Regulator, Carol Crowfoot
• Review of Management of Induced Seismicity, Todd Shipman
• An Operator’s Perspective on Addressing Stakeholder Needs around Induced Seismicity, John Evans
• An Operator’s Perspective, Daniel Ciulavu

DATA MINING WITH NOVEL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

• New Frontiers in Characterization of Sub-Catalog Microseismicity: Application to Fluid-Driven Earthquake Swarms Beneath Long Valley Caldera, California, Dave Shelly
• Detection of earthquakes, phases, and first-motion polarities with deep learning, Zachary Ross
• Limits on detection and analysis of small (induced) earthquakes, Grzegorz Kwiatek

Poster Presentations:

• Caverns Regional stability and Rock bolt failure evaluation using induced seismicity, Sivakumar Cherukuri
• Inter-Event Triggering in Microseismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing, Joern Davidsen
• Regulating hydraulic fracturing: An Environment Agency, England perspective, Anna Stork
• A Framework for Model Calibration and Performance Testing: Applications to the Groningen Field, Sander Osinga
• Investigating elastic Coulomb stress transfer during hydraulic fracturing-induced seismicity, Tom Kettlety
• Mapping the Seismic Hazard from Induced Earthquakes in Alberta, Hadi Ghofrani
• Bilinear magnitude distributions and the characteristic earthquake hypothesis, Nadine Igonin
• Role of fault creep on earthquake nucleation in the Fox Creek region, Alberta, Tom Eyre
• Using beam-forming to maximise the detection capability of small, sparse seismometer arrays, James Verdon
• Advanced Simulation Environment for Induced Seismicity Mitigation and Integrated Control (ASEISMIC), David Eaton
• Linking fluid injection to faulting processes and source properties at NW The Geysers, Patricia Martinez-Garzon
• Differentiating Induced and Triggered Seismicity in Mines, Laura Brown
  Constraints on heterogeneous stress from observations of induced seismicity, Paul Segall
• Earthquake Data Auto-Processor (EDAP) with Application for Induced Seismicity, Karen Assatourians
• An Industry Perspective on Induced Seismicity, Scott McKean
• A Government of Canada high-performance system for monitoring ground deformation from RCM SAR data, Sergey Samsonov
• DInSAR observation of the impact of anthropogenic activities on duration of the seismic cycle, Sergey Samsonov
• Induced seismicity reveals shallow basement faults in south-central Kansas, George Tsoflias
• Shear-wave anisotropy changes in southern Kansas correlate temporally to pore fluid pressure changes, Keith Nolte
• Physics-based forecasting of man-made earthquake hazards in Oklahoma and Kansas, Cornelius Langenbruch
• An investigation on the effects of different Stress Regimes on induced seismic events magnitude, Afshin Amini
• Using Seismic Event Clusters for Seismic Source Discrimination in Central Utah, Kristine Pankow
• Influence of crustal structure on high-frequency (f>1 Hz) ground motions from induced earthquakes in, Morgan Moschetti
• Earthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing are pervasive in Oklahoma, Rob Skoumal
• Near-Field Ground-Motion Amplitudes from Induced Earthquakes in Northeast British Columbia, Canada, Ali Mahani
• Challenges of Implementing the UK’s Traffic Light Scheme, Antony Butcher
• Geoscience integration connecting fluid flow along faults to hydraulic fracturing induced seismicity, Elwyn Galloway
• Shear Wave Anisotropy Measurements from Induced Earthquakes in the Wattenberg Disposal Zone, CO, Enrique Chon
• Constraining the Magnitude of the Largest Induced Earthquake, Robert Shcherbakov
• Incorporating induced seismicity into seismic hazard evaluation – trial for hydraulic fracturing, Ruijia Wang
• Homogenization and harmonization of earthquake catalogues, method, criteria and bases: Algeria Case, Assia Harbi
• Forecasts of Induced Seismicity from a Hydromechanical Earthquake Nucleation Model, Justin Rubinstein
• Empirical Ground Motion Characterization of Induced Seismicity in Alberta and Oklahoma, Mark Novakovic
• Characterization of the in-situ stress states for Fox Creek, Alberta, Luyi Shen
  Selecting a safe strategy of salt water disposal, Jechumtalova Zuzana
• Dependency of the induced seismicity b-value on the stress state of existing fractures, Yusuke Mukuhira
• Monitoring of induced seismicity with SeisComP3, Bernd Weber
• Damage to Buildings from Induced Earthquakes, Abbie Liel
• Monitoring of Anthropogenic Seismicity in Italy: State of the Art, Thomas Braun
• Reservoir-Triggered Earthquakes in Canada, Maurice Lamontagne
• Spatiotemporal b-value variations and their significance over the Groningen gas field, Joana Martins
• Insights into seismicity patterns from cellular automata, Mirko van der Baan
• The Virginia City, Nevada Earthquake Sequence: Source Characteristics of Small Events (M ~3), Rachel Hatch
• Stress Drops of Induced Earthquakes in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Joanna Holmgren

Oral Presentations:

• Assessment and Mitigation of Ground Motion Hazards from Induced Seismicity, Gail M. Atkinson, Western University (link)

Oral Presentations:

• GMPEs for Induced Events and How They Differ from Those for Natural Events, Gail M. Atkinson¹, Emrah Yenier², Karen Assatourians¹, ¹Western University, ²Nanometrics (link)

Oral Presentations:

• Assessment and Mitigation of Ground Motion Hazards from Induced Seismicity, Gail M. Atkinson, Western University (link)
• Fault Activation by Hydraulic Fracturing in Over-pressured Shale Formations, David W. Eaton¹, Xuewei Bao² and Burns A. Cheadle³, ¹University of Calgary ²Zhejian University ³Western University (link)
• Rates of Induced-Earthquake Activation in Western Canada and Implications for Hazard, Hadi Ghofrani and Gail M. Atkinson, Western University (link)

Addressing Induced-Seismicity Hazards to Critical Infrastructure

Organizers: Gail Atkinson, University of Western Ontario; Karen Herman, TransAlta

Oral Presentations:

• Rates of induced-earthquake activation in western Canada and implications for hazard: Hadi Ghofrani, Western (link)
• Statistical modelling of seismicity in Alberta modulated by production data (Robert Shcherbakov, Western)
• Hydraulic fracturing and its relationship to induced seismicity in time and space: Dave Eaton, UofC (link)
• PSHA for Fox Creek: Emrah Yenier, Nanometrics (link)
• Seismic Risk from Induced and Natural Earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States: Taojun Liu, U.S. Geological Survey
• Risk assessment and impact of induced seismicity on buildings: Gennaro Esposito, Shell
• Induced-seismicity hazard for critical infrastructure and the effect of exclusion zones: Gail Atkinson, Western (link)
• Understanding the damage potential to critical flood control facilities from Induced Seismicity: Oliver Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Defining the normal to single out the odd: Baseline studies of regional seismicity for major shale gas basins in Canada: Honn Kao, PGC (link)
• Monitoring Solutions for Critical Infrastructure: Andrew Moores, Nanometrics
• Time History Database for induced earthquakes: Karen Assatourians, Western (link)
• Regulatory Perspectives and developments of approaches in Alberta: Todd Shipman, AER
• Studies of Event Sequences in Fox Creek: Ruijia Wang/Jeff Gu, UofA (link)
• Studies of Event Sequences near Fort St. John: Ali Mahani, Geoscience BC (link)

Poster Presentations:

• Characterization of Earthquake Site Amplification in Alberta, Canada, for Induced Seismicity ShakeMap Applications: Joseph J. Farrugia, Sheri Molnar, and Gail M. Atkinson, Western (link)
• Overview of Ground Motion Characteristics from Potentially Induced Seismic Events in Alberta, Canada: Krista Kaski and Gail M. Atkinson, Western (link)
• Improving the locations of earthquakes using the double difference method, HypoDD, for the Composite Alberta Seismicity Catalog: Samantha Palmer and Gail M. Atkinson, Western (link)
• Dynamic Finite Element Modeling of Fault Slip; Stress Drop and Overshoot: Arsalan Sattari and David W. Eaton, UofC (link)
• Investigation of the induced seismicity in the Fox Creek region in first 3 months of 2016 using University of Calgary (DSA) and publicly available IRIS (RAVEN) local seismic arrays: Volodymyr Vragov and David W. Eaton, UofC (link)
• Focal Mechanism of Composite Microseismic Events: Hongliang Zhang and David W. Eaton, UofC (link)

 Special Session on Induced Seismicity

Presiding: Gail Atkinson, University of Western Ontario; David Eaton, University of Calgary; Yu Gu, University of Alberta

Induced Seismicity Hazards and Processes: Oral Presentations

• Assessing the Hazard of Increasing Earthquake Activity in the U.S. Midcontinent: A Short-Term Hazard Model for Natural and Induced Earthquakes: W L Ellsworth, C S Mueller, M D Petersen, J L Rubinstein

• Investigation of Induced Seismicity Related to the Development of Shale Gas in Northeast British Columbia and Northwest Territories, Canada: H Kao, A M Farahbod, D Walker, D B Snyder, S Cairns (link)
• A Catalog Search for Triggered Seismicity in Canada and Near Fluid Injection Sites in Western Alberta Using a Match-Filter Approach with Continuous Waveform Data: B Wang, R M Harrington, Y Liu, N van der Elst, H Yu (link)
• Hazards from Induced Seismicity: Crooked Lake Case Study: H Ghofrani, G M Atkinson, K Assatourians (link)
• Hydraulic Fracturing of the Alberta Bakken and the Cardston Earthquake Swarm: R Schultz, S Mei, D Pana, V H Stern, Y J Gu, D W S Eaton
• Passive Seismic Monitoring of CO₂ Storage Sites: A Stork, J Verdon, M Kendall, D White
• Possibilities and Challenges for Mitigating Seismic Hazard from Earthquakes Induced by Disposal of Wastewater by Deep Injection: A McGarr
• Induced Aftershock Sequences and Swarms in Geothermal Systems: R Shcherbakov, M B Yikilmaz, D L Turcotte, L H Kellogg, J B Rundle
• Are ENA Potentially Induced Earthquakes Different from Natural Earthquakes?: C H Cramer
• Ground Motions from Three Recent Earthquakes in Western Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia and their Implications for Induced-Seismicity Hazard in Eastern Regions: G M Atkinson, K Assatourians, B Cheadle, D W Greig (link)
• Downhole Tool Orientation and Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring of Induced Microseismicity: J H LeCalvez, M Williams, P Primiero
• Source and Attenuation Parameters for Induced Seismicity in the Crooked Lake Region of Alberta: M Novakovic, G M Atkinson
• Development of a Ground Motion Prediction Method for Carbon Dioxide Injection Induced Earthquakes: I Stone, R C Lee, C R Bradley, C S Larmat

Induced Seismicity Hazards and Processes: Posters

•  Analysis of Microseismic Events during a Multi-stage Hydraulic Stimulation Experiment at a Shale Gas Reservoir: S L I Kaka, A L Ashadi Sr, A A Alshuhail, M Jervis
• Compilation of Composite Alberta Seismicity Catalog (CASC) for Earthquake Hazard from Induced Seismicity in Alberta: L Cui, A Fereidoni, G M Atkinson
• 3D Finite Element Modeling of Slip on a Well-Oriented, Critically Stressed Fault due to Pore Pressure Increase: D W S Eaton, A Sattari
• Identifying Quarry Blast Events in Seismicity Catalogs Based on the Ground Motion Parameters: A Fereidoni, G M Atkinson
• Statistical Analysis of Seismicity in Alberta: S Kothari, R Shcherbakov, G M Atkinson
• Induced Earthquakes Associated with the Haynesville Shale Play Identified near Bienville Parish, Louisiana in 2011: J I Walter, C Frohlich, J Gale, P Dotray
• Focal Mechanism Solutions for Earthquakes in Eastern Canada and Alberta Using the Generalized Cut and Paste (gCAP) Method: A Carey, H Yu, Y Liu, R M Harrington
• Modified Fibre-Bundle Model to Simulate Induced Seismicity: R Kahue, R Shcherbakov
• Slip Tendency Analysis and Risk of Induced Seismicity: A P Morris, D A Ferrill, G R Walter, A M Price
• Reservoir-Triggered Seismicity in the Canadian Shield as an Analogue to the Activity Induced by the Deep Injection of Wastewater: M Lamontagne
• Characteristics of the Earthquake Activity in Southeast New Brunswick, an Area With Shale Gas Potential: M Lamontagne, D Lavoie, S Ma, K B Burke, I D Bastow