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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 2574206" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>It's not hydraulic fracking that's been linked to the recent surge in the number of earthquakes, but rather the creation and use of subterranean disposal wells. What do these wells contain? Waste hydraulic fluids produced by... hydraulic fracking.</p><p></p><p>I read somewhere of an excellent analogy highlighting the possible role of these disposal wells in earthquake formation. Basically, picture an air hockey table that's been turned off; put the puck on the middle of the table, and tilt the table. The puck stays put because of friction; you can equate the undisturbed layers of the earth to this condition. Now turn on the hockey table so air flows, and the puck slides to, and bangs into, the lower end - this is akin to the injecting of fluids between the earth's layers and the resultant earthquakes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 2574206, member: 7157"] It's not hydraulic fracking that's been linked to the recent surge in the number of earthquakes, but rather the creation and use of subterranean disposal wells. What do these wells contain? Waste hydraulic fluids produced by... hydraulic fracking. I read somewhere of an excellent analogy highlighting the possible role of these disposal wells in earthquake formation. Basically, picture an air hockey table that's been turned off; put the puck on the middle of the table, and tilt the table. The puck stays put because of friction; you can equate the undisturbed layers of the earth to this condition. Now turn on the hockey table so air flows, and the puck slides to, and bangs into, the lower end - this is akin to the injecting of fluids between the earth's layers and the resultant earthquakes. [/QUOTE]
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