Science journalist Anna Kuchment with The Dallas Morning News covered the research of an SMU-led team of seismologists whose recent study found that large volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater (brine) extraction from natural gas wells is the most likely cause of earthquakes near Azle, Texas, from late 2013 through spring 2014.
An SMU-led seismology team finds that high volumes of wastewater injection combined with saltwater (brine) extraction from natural gas wells is the most likely cause of earthquakes occurring near Azle, Texas, from late 2013 through spring 2014.
The seismology team identified two intersecting faults, and developed a sophisticated 3D model to assess the changing fluid pressure within the rock formation.
Journalist Dylan Baddour covered the recent interim report about the research findings of Southern Methodist University's seismology team surrounding a recent series of earthquakes in the Irving, Texas area.
His Houston Chronicle report, "New data shows North Texas fault line," covered the preliminary findings.
WFAA Channel 8 reporters Byron Harris and Marjorie Owens covered the recent interim report about the research findings of Southern Methodist University's seismology team surrounding a recent series of earthquakes in the Irving, Texas area.
The Channel 8 report, "SMU study: Quakes shallow, concentrated at fault line," covered a briefing with the press on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.
Science journalist Anna Kuchment covered a recent interim report on the research findings of SMU's seismology team surrounding a recent series of earthquakes in the Irving, Texas area.
Kuchment's Dallas Morning News article, "Remap of Dallas-area quakes shows fault closer to fracking wells than thought," covered a briefing with the press on Friday, Feb. 6, to explain progress on the team's earthquake research.
Initial results from the seismology team at Southern Methodist University reveal that a recent series of earthquakes near old Texas Stadium in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were relatively shallow and concentrated along a narrow two-mile line that indicates a fault extending from Irving into West Dallas. SMU and the United States Geological Survey have shared an interim report with the mayors of Dallas and Irving.