Fig. 2: Temporal evolution of modeled plastic strain, εp (solid lines), at different locations on each fault (represented by different colors as indicated in the top-left plot), and of the cumulative seismic moment Mo (gray solid lines) of the observed seismic events as reported by Deichmann et al.37. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Temporal evolution of modeled plastic strain, εp (solid lines), at different locations on each fault (represented by different colors as indicated in the top-left plot), and of the cumulative seismic moment Mo (gray solid lines) of the observed seismic events as reported by Deichmann et al.37.

From: Poroelastic stress relaxation, slip stress transfer and friction weakening controlled post-injection seismicity at the Basel Enhanced Geothermal System

Fig. 2

At fault C, εp for the case without friction coefficient weakening is represented by the dashed lines. The vertical gray line represents the stop of injection at day 6. Note that the scale of the plastic strain is different for each fault.

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