Abstract
The potential for earthquakes to be triggered by fluid injected into boreholes has been recognised for 25 years and natural earthquakes in Cornwall have been reported for over 250 years. As a result, the Geothermal Steering Committee advising the Hot Dry Rock project recommended that background seismic monitoring be undertaken around the HDR experimental site at Rosemanowes. A network of seismographs was established for this purpose by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in late 1980 and has been operated continuously through September 1991. The primary aim of the network has been to provide an independent, continuous assessment of all vibrational transients in order to discriminate between those caused by the Hot Dry Rock experiments and those of natural origin or from other man-made sources. In this respect, the work provides an insurance against claims that extraneous seismic activity is related to those experiments. (author).
Citation Formats
Walker, A B.
SW England seismic monitoring for the HDR geothermal programme in Cornwall 1989 to September 1991.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Walker, A B.
SW England seismic monitoring for the HDR geothermal programme in Cornwall 1989 to September 1991.
United Kingdom.
Walker, A B.
1992.
"SW England seismic monitoring for the HDR geothermal programme in Cornwall 1989 to September 1991."
United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_10131056,
title = {SW England seismic monitoring for the HDR geothermal programme in Cornwall 1989 to September 1991}
author = {Walker, A B}
abstractNote = {The potential for earthquakes to be triggered by fluid injected into boreholes has been recognised for 25 years and natural earthquakes in Cornwall have been reported for over 250 years. As a result, the Geothermal Steering Committee advising the Hot Dry Rock project recommended that background seismic monitoring be undertaken around the HDR experimental site at Rosemanowes. A network of seismographs was established for this purpose by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in late 1980 and has been operated continuously through September 1991. The primary aim of the network has been to provide an independent, continuous assessment of all vibrational transients in order to discriminate between those caused by the Hot Dry Rock experiments and those of natural origin or from other man-made sources. In this respect, the work provides an insurance against claims that extraneous seismic activity is related to those experiments. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {SW England seismic monitoring for the HDR geothermal programme in Cornwall 1989 to September 1991}
author = {Walker, A B}
abstractNote = {The potential for earthquakes to be triggered by fluid injected into boreholes has been recognised for 25 years and natural earthquakes in Cornwall have been reported for over 250 years. As a result, the Geothermal Steering Committee advising the Hot Dry Rock project recommended that background seismic monitoring be undertaken around the HDR experimental site at Rosemanowes. A network of seismographs was established for this purpose by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in late 1980 and has been operated continuously through September 1991. The primary aim of the network has been to provide an independent, continuous assessment of all vibrational transients in order to discriminate between those caused by the Hot Dry Rock experiments and those of natural origin or from other man-made sources. In this respect, the work provides an insurance against claims that extraneous seismic activity is related to those experiments. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}