2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fundamental research on quantitative seismic emisson tomography
Project/Area Number |
18K05012
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 31020:Earth resource engineering, Energy sciences-related
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Research Institution | Kyoto University |
Principal Investigator |
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
武川 順一 京都大学, 工学研究科, 准教授 (70463304)
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Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | 受動的地震観測 / 貯留層モニタリング / 全波形インバージョン / 流体運動 / モーメントテンソル解析 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Passive geophone monitoring observes a microtremor on the surface, including minor seismic motions caused by subsurface fluid movement in geothermal areas and above subsurface reservoirs of natural fluid resources. We confirmed that passive seismic explorations using the microtremor could investigate the location and direction of subsurface fluid movement. We suggest applying the passive seismic observations with a densely arranged geophone array to cover a subsurface region where fluid motion is expected. The method could locate the subsurface fluid movement using seismic interferometry. We need to acquire the seismic record for the long term corresponding to the noise level of the surface microtremor. Full waveform inversion and moment tensor analysis could estimate parameters such as flow direction. We expect the method to be useful for quantitative exploration for estimating subsurface fluid motion by passive seismic observation, including the application of hydraulic fracturing.
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Free Research Field |
探査地震学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
通常の地下の可視化技術として用いられている地震学的,あるいは電磁気学的探査手法においては,自然電位測定以外,地下の流体運動を直接扱うことはできない。本研究の意図した新しい技術開発により,地下において流体の性質やその挙動を実時間で把握することが可能であることが証明された。この技術を実用化できれば,例えば音聴調査の対象となる地下の配管からの水漏れ,資源工学分野における石油や天然ガス開発の増進回収法の適用や地熱開発における地下の熱水挙動の解明などへの有効利用を期待できる。
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