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EARTH TILTS AND THE FLOW OF OIL WELLS *
Author(s) -
TOMASCHEK R. K. A.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2478.1961.tb01685.x
Subject(s) - geology , earth (classical element) , tilt (camera) , flow (mathematics) , geophysics , earth model , regional geology , geomorphology , hydrology (agriculture) , seismology , telmatology , tectonics , geotechnical engineering , mechanics , geometry , physics , mathematics , mathematical physics
A bstract It has been discovered that certain flowing oilwells in the Eakring area (Nottinghamshire, England), which have not otherwise been disturbed, show distinct annual variations in the flow of total fluid. There appears to be a definite connection between these variations and the seasonal movements of the earth's crustal layers as evidenced by observations of the tilts of the earth's surface. The investigation has been extended further to show that a similar relation exists between the earth tilts and the production of a whole oilfield which has not been disturbed unduly by outside influences. A correlation has also been established between the earth tilt observations and the periodicity of shallow earthquakes.