ORGANIZATION (Switzerland) and the Geysers (California).

In southern
– WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT – Germany induced seismicity delays or may even stop
Joachim Ritter geothermal power plants and poses a serious threat to
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) future investments worth several 100 million EURO.
ECGS – FKPE Workshop Similar problems are known from different areas within
and Europe. Thus induced seismicity calls forth questions
Adrien Oth whether geothermal power production is an alternative
European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology to other energy sources, although geothermal energy is
renewable, base-loadable and CO2 free.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Induced seismicity is also reported from gas fields,
mines and water reservoirs in Europe. The widely
- First Circular - discussed storage of CO2 in the underground (CCS:
N. Cuenot EEIG Heat Mining, France
carbon capture and storage technology), which means
B. Dost KNMI, The Netherlands
injection of fluids at depths of some kilometers, is also
S. Husen ETH Zurich, Switzerland
a future possible cause for induced seismic events.
Induced Seismicity M. Joswig
A. Oth
University of Stuttgart, Germany
ECGS, Luxembourg
Thus the future energy supply is related to induced
seismicity in several fields. On the other hand, some of
J. Ritter KIT, Germany
the mechanisms related to man-made stress changes at
S. Shapiro Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
depth are only poorly understood as well as the ambient
physical conditions in the reservoir. Therefore we
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE urgently need more data, physical theories and case
studies to get a better handle on induced seismicity.
A. Oth ECGS, Luxembourg The aim of the ECGS-FKPE Workshop on
C. Galassi ECGS, Luxembourg „Induced Seismicity“ is to bring together leading
G. Celli ECGS/MNHN, Luxembourg scientists that work in this field. In contrast to similar
E. Buttini ECGS/MNHN, Luxembourg workshops on this theme, we want to bring together
mainly academic researchers as well as representatives
WITH THE SUPPORT OF from state geological surveys or state earthquake
monitoring agencies. A special volume of the Cahiers
Forschungskollegium Physik des Erdkörpers e.V. (FKPE) du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de
Landesforschungszentrum Geothermie – Baden- Séismologie will be published with extended abstracts
Württemberg (KIT) (to be printed just before the meeting).
The Council of Europe (EUR-OPA)
The National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) TENTATIVE PROGRAM
The ECGS-FKPE workshop aims at discussing a wide
SCOPE OF WORKSHOP scientific perspective including themes such as:

November 15-17, 2010 Induced seismicity deals with man-made ground • Monitoring strategies
shaking due to direct human intervention inside the • Modelling of source processes
Hilton Hotel Earth such as deep mining, water reservoirs etc. • Tectonic stress and rock physics related to
Earthquakes induced by geothermal exploration induced seismicity
Luxembourg activities, sometimes called deep heat mining, stopped • Strategies to avoid/reduce induced shaking
the multi-million EURO investments in Basel • Case studies
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