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Series of Texas quakes likely triggered by oil and gas industry activity
2016-09-22 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Science: During the past decade or so the oil and gas industry has injected wastewater into deep rocks in eastern Texas, causing Earths surface to bulge ever so slightlyand likely triggering a series of tremors there in 2012, a new study suggests. Scientists say the work offers hope that similar analyses of the landscape in other oil- and gas-producing regions could help identify areas at risk of human-caused earthquakes. The 2012 quakes shook the small town of Timpson, Texas, which lies northeast of...
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