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Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
4973
World Ranking
7903
National Ranking
234

Best Publications

  • Quasi‐static fault growth and cracking in homogeneous brittle rock under triaxial compression using acoustic emission monitoring

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  • Detailed analysis of acoustic emission activity during catastrophic fracture of faults in rock

    Xinglin Lei;Koji Masuda;Osamu Nishizawa;Laurence Jouniaux

  • Fault reactivation and earthquakes with magnitudes of up to Mw4.7 induced by shale-gas hydraulic fracturing in Sichuan Basin, China

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  • The December 2018 ML 5.7 and January 2019 ML 5.3 Earthquakes in South Sichuan Basin Induced by Shale Gas Hydraulic Fracturing

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  • How do asperities fracture? An experimental study of unbroken asperities

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  • Earthquakes induced by water injection at ∼3 km depth within the Rongchang gas field, Chongqing, China

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  • Indicators of critical point behavior prior to rock failure inferred from pre-failure damage

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  • A detailed view of the injection-induced seismicity in a natural gas reservoir in Zigong, southwestern Sichuan Basin, China

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  • Growing seismicity in the Sichuan Basin and its association with industrial activities.

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  • Ultrasonic velocity and attenuation during CO2 injection into water-saturated porous sandstone: Measurements using difference seismic tomography

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  • Fractal Structure of the Hypocenter Distributions and Focal Mechanism Solutions of Acoustic Emission in Two Granites of Different Grain Sizes

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  • Laboratory acoustic emission study for earthquake generation process

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  • On the spatio-temporal distribution of acoustic emissions in two granitic rocks under triaxial compression: The role of pre-existing cracks

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  • The hierarchical rupture process of a fault: an experimental study

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  • Laboratory studies of seismic wave propagation in inhomogeneous media using a laser doppler vibrometer

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  • Mapping active fault associated with the 2003 Mw 6.6 Bam (SE Iran) earthquake with ASTER 3D images

    Bihong Fu;Yoshiki Ninomiya;Xinglin Lei;Shinji Toda

  • Possible link between long-term and short-term water injections and earthquakes in salt mine and shale gas site in Changning, south Sichuan Basin, China

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  • Compressive failure of mudstone samples containing quartz veins using rapid AE monitoring: the role of asperities

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  • Possible roles of the Zipingpu Reservoir in triggering the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

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  • Laboratory Study of CO2 Migration in Water-Saturated Anisotropic Sandstone, based on P-Wave Velocity Imaging

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