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The FRACSEIS project investigates how fluids affect rock fractures in the Earth's shallow crust, particularly in shale formations. By simulating conditions in a laboratory, it aims to understand the seismic activity associated with hydrofracturing, which is crucial for natural gas extraction.
Fluids are a ubiquitous element of the Earth system, whether shallow aquifers, deeper crustal fluids (meteoric water, hydrothermal fluid and hydrocarbons), or deep fluids implicated in subduction zones via dehydration reactions.
However, our understanding of the stresses imparted by fluids in the shallow crust (2 km) and how these over-pressurize the surrounding rock via the process of hydrofracture is not yet fully understood, especially in anisotropic rocks.
In recent years, this topic has bee…
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