CAPPA , Frédéric

Les processus de couplages hydromécaniques dans un massif rocheux fracturé sont étudiés à travers des expérimentations in situ et des simulations numériques. L'approche expérimentale consiste à mesurer simultanément la pression de fluide et le déplacement mécanique en différents points d'un réservoir carbonaté tout en contrôlant les conditions...

Fluid pressure has significant effects on the mechanical behaviour of fault zones, because it can change dramatically throughout the earthquake cycle. Here, we discuss how the heterogeneity of the fault materials affects the fluid transfer and slip processes in and around a fault zone. We present a numerical analysis of the interaction between...

Because of the critically stressed nature of the upper crust, the injection of large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into shallow geological reservoirs can trigger seismicity and induce ground deformations when the injection increases the fluid pressure in the vicinity of potentially seismic faults. The increased fluid pressure reduces the...

Meteoric infiltration influence on large mountainous rock slopes stability is investigated by comparing hydrogeologic and gravitational structures from detailed mapping of the 'La Clapière' slope. The slope infiltrated waters are trapped in a perched aquifer that is contained in deposits inside tensile cracks of the upper part of the slope....

This paper presents a numerical analysis of in situ well injection and pumping experiments carried out at the Coaraze Laboratory site with simultaneous fluid pressure and rock deformation measurements in boreholes. The Coaraze site is a small fractured and porous carbonate reservoir (decametric scale) that outcrops 30 km north of Nice. We have...

Surface displacements solutions of elastic deformation around an inflating magma chamber generally assume that the associated internal overpressure is limited by the bedrock tensile strength. When considering stress equilibrium in the bedrock adjacent to a spherical or infinitely long cylinder, the gravity body force actually resists tensile...

Cet article présente une analyse numérique de résultats d'essais d'injection et de pompage réalisée dans le site laboratoire de Coaraze avec mesures simultanées en forage de variations de pressions hydrauliques et de déformations. Le site de Coaraze est un petit réservoir calcaire poreux et fracturé (échelle décamétrique) qui affleure à une...

Abstract. Coastal areas can be tremendously biodiverse and host a substantial part of the world's population and critical infrastructure. However, there are often fragile environments that face various hazards such as flooding, coastal erosion, land salinization or pollution, earthquake-induced land motion, or anthropogenic processes. In this...

We analyze source parameters of Mw −3.9 to −3.1 induced earthquakes during an in situ fluid injection experiment in France using the spectral ratio method based on empirical Green's function. We choose 10 event pairs with highly similar waveforms and resolve their spectral ratios using multiple S wave windows. We find that master events...

Coastal areas can be tremendously biodiverse and host a substantial part of the world's population and critical infrastructure. However, there are often fragile environments that face various hazards such as flooding, coastal erosion, land salinization or pollution, earthquake-induced land motion, or anthropogenic processes. In this article, we...

The mechanisms of permeability and friction evolution in a natural fault are investigated in situ. During three fluid injection experiments at different places in a fault zone, we measured simultaneously the fluid pressure, fault displacements and seismic activity. Changes in fault permeability and friction are then estimated concurrently....

Many studies have pointed out a correlation between either the cumulative or the maximum seismic moment and the injected fluid volume when analysing global data sets of fluid injectioninduced earthquake sequences. However, those correlations become quite uncertain when looking at individual episodes, mainly because of the large aseismic...

Coastal areas can be tremendously biodiverse and host a substantial part of the world's population and critical infrastructure. However, there are often fragile environments that face various hazards such as flooding, coastal erosion, land salinization or pollution, earthquake-induced land motion, or anthropogenic processes. In this article, we...

Fluid injections into the deep subsurface can, at times, generate earthquakes, but often, they only produce aseismic deformations. Here we analyze the influence of fault hydromechanical properties on the growth of injection‐induced aseismic slip. Using hydromechanical modeling, we show how permeability enhancement in addition to the background...

We have conducted numerical simulation studies to assess the potential for injection-induced fault reactivation and notable seismic events associated with shale-gas hydraulic fracturing operations. The modeling is generally tuned toward conditions usually encountered in the Marcellus shale play in the Northeastern US at an approximate depth of...

Fluid pressure perturbations in subsurface rocks affect the fault stability and can induce both seismicity and aseismic slip. Nonetheless, observations show that the partitioning between aseismic and seismic fault slip during fluid injection may strongly vary among reservoirs. The processes and the main fault properties controlling this...

On 2nd October 2020, an unusual extreme rainfall event (600 mm) associated with the devastating "Alex storm" occurred in less than 24 hours in the Tinée valley, a low strain rate area (convergence rates of 0.3-0.9 mm/yr) of the Southern French Alps, located 20 kilometers from Nice city. This transitional zone between the Argentera Mercantour...

On 2nd October 2020, an unusual extreme rainfall event (600 mm) associated with the devastating "Alex storm" occurred in less than 24 hours in the Tinée valley, a low strain rate area (convergence rates of 0.3-0.9 mm/yr) of the Southern French Alps, located 20 kilometers from Nice city. This transitional zone between the Argentera Mercantour...

The primary processes driving seismic swarms are still under debate. Here, we study the temporal evolution of a seismic swarm that occurred over a 10-day period in October 2015 in the extensional rift of the Corinth Gulf (Greece) using high-resolution earthquakes relocations. The seismicity radially migrates on a normal fault at a fluid...

No description

International audience

While the notion that injecting fluids into the subsurface can reactivate faults by reducing frictional resistance is well established, the ensuing evolution of the slip is still poorly understood. What controls whether the induced slip remains stable and confined to the fluid-affected zone or accelerates into a runaway earthquake? Are there...

Earthquake swarms may be driven by fluids, through hydraulic injections or natural fluid circulation, but also by slow and aseismic slip transients. Understanding the driving factors for these prolific sequences and how they can potentially develop into larger ruptures remains a challenge. A notable and almost ubiquitous feature of swarms is...