Prof Peter Styles joins International Commission

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Posted on 28 March 2013

Professor Peter Styles, Professor of Applied and Environmental Geophysics, Applied & Environmental Geophysics Research Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, has joined  an international commission charged with the evaluation of the possible relationships between hydrocarbon exploration activities and the increase of seismic activity in the area of the Emilia Romagna Region, hit by the May 2012 earthquakes.

The Committee will formally start its activity next week. Its first meeting will be held in Rome, from April 23 to 26, and will include a trip to the Emilia area hit by the earthquakes.

Professor Styles, an international authority on induced earthquakes caused during fracking for shale gas, has been formally thanked by the Italian Government and by the President of the Emilia Romagna Region for accepting the invitation to join the Commission.

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