Controls on the spatio-temporal patterns of induced seismicity in Groningen constrained by physics-based modelling with Ensemble-Smoother data assimilation

The induced seismicity in the Groningen gas field, The Netherlands, presents contrasted spatio-temporal patterns between the central area and the south west area. Understanding the origin of this contrast requires a thorough assessment of two factors: (1) the stress development on the Groningen faults and (2) the frictional response of the...

Data-driven spatiotemporal assessment of the event-size distribution of the Groningen extraction-induced seismicity catalogue

For induced seismicity, the non-stationary, heterogeneous character of subsurface stress perturbations can be a source of spatiotemporal variations in the scaling of event sizes; one of the critical parameters controlling seismic hazard and risk. We demonstrate and test a systematic, statistical, penalized-likelihood approach to analysing...

Seismo-Electromagnetic Thin-Bed Responses: Natural Signal Enhancements?

We study if nature can help us overcome the very low signal-to-noise ratio of seismo-electromagnetic converted fields by investigating the effects of thin-bed geological structures on the seismo-electromagnetic signal. To investigate the effects of bed thinning on the seismo-electromagnetic interference patterns, we numerically simulate seismo...

Comparison of Eigenvectors for Coupled Seismo-Electromagnetic Layered-Earth Modeling

We study the accuracy and numerical stability of three eigenvector sets for modelling the coupled poroelastic and electromagnetic layered-Earth response. We use a known eigenvector set, its flux-normalized version and a newly derived flux-normalized set. The new set is chosen such that the system is properly uncoupled when the coupling between...

Validation of an electroseismic and seismoelectric modeling code, for layered earth models, by the explicit homogeneous space solutions

We have developed an analytically based, energy fluxnormalized numerical modeling code (ESSEMOD), capable of modeling the wave propagation of all existing ElectroSeismic and SeismoElectric source-receiver combinations in horizontally layered configurations. We compare the results of several of these modeled source-receiver combinations in a...

Flux-normalized elastodynamic wavefield decomposition using only particle velocity recordings

We present a new approach to apply wavefield decomposition, illustrated for an energy flux-normalized elastodynamic case. We start by considering a situation where two horizontal boreholes are closely separated from each other. By recording only the particle velocities at both depth levels (for example with conventional 3-component geophones)...

Experimental validation of the electrokinetic theory and development of seismoelectric interferometry by cross-correlation

We experimentally validate a relatively recent electrokinetic formulation of the streaming potential (SP) coefficient as developed by Pride (1994). The start of our investigation focuses on the streaming potential coefficient, which gives rise to the coupling of mechanical and electromagnetic fields. It is found that the theoretical amplitude...