By
Leonid F. Khilyuk Ph.D., Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
John O. Robertson Jr., John O. Robertson Jr, Ph.D., P.E., has over 30 years experience in the area of petroleum and environmental engineering. He has co-authored
over 9 books and 20 articles in leading scientific journals. He has been awarded three gold medals and many international honors for
his work. He has served as president of Earth Engineering, Inc., for the past 20 years.
Bernard Endres, Bernard Endres, Ph.D., is an environmental consultant specializing in the fields of oil and gas migration, geological site characterization
and evaluation of chemicals and gas constituents relating to source identification within the earth's geological structure. His scientific
publications have included the environmental hazards associated with oil and gas migration.
G.V. Chilingarian, School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, USA
Description
This breakthrough new book may help save countless lives and avoid enormous losses. It presents a methodology for using gas migration
to predict earthquakes and explosive gas buildup. Using rigorous scientific investigation and documented worldwide case histories, this
remarkable book presents compelling evidence showing that changes in gas rates, composition, and migration accompany the tectronic events
preceding earthquakes and their associated seismic events, such as volcanoes and tsunamis. Because these gas parameters are detectable
and measurable, they provide an early warning of seismic activity.
Gas Migration is the first book to accumulate, analyze and apply
the interdisciplinary knowledge on gas migration and detail its connection to tectronic, seismic, and geologic phenomena. It combines
geological, geochemical, geophysical, seismological, and petroleum engineering insights to demonstrate how gas migration and its associated
phenomena can be used in earthquake and environmental geohazard identification and prediction. Topics include-
· Tectonics and Earthquakes
· Gas Migration at Plate Boundaries
· Surface Soil-Gas Surveys
· Faults and Petroleum Reservoirs
· Earthquake Precursors
· Whispering
Gases
· Paths and Mechanics of Gas Migration
· Subsidence, Gas Migration, and Seismic Activity
· And much more
With this information,
environmental specialists, civil engineers, petroleum geologists, seismologists, and urban planners now have a new and powerful conceptual
basis and tool for understanding and perhaps even predicting gas explosions and earthquakes.
