Engineering Seismology
Prepared by the Case Histories Committee for the Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, these histories are intended as reference material for the practicing geologist and for the college student. This volume, the eighth in the Case History series, presents the seismological aspects of the works of man—the civil engineer or engineering geologist interacting with the environment. Topics are in two categories—changes at a point (nuclear or chemical explosions and well injection or withdrawal) and changes on a line (damming a river or construction along a coastline).
Some Statistical Features of the Relationship Between Rocky Mountain Arsenal Waste Disposal and Frequency of Earthquakes*
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Published:January 01, 1970
Abstract
Aspects of the statistical problem of relating frequency of earthquakes in the Denver area to injection of waste water by the Rocky Mountain Arsenal are discussed. Behavior of cumulative time series for earthquake frequency and volume of water are analyzed. A regression-correlation analysis leads to an exponential model approximating the relationship between these two variables. Also considered are statistical tests of the differences in mean number of earthquakes per month for three periods of waste injection.
- Adams County Colorado
- Colorado
- correlation
- Denver Colorado
- Denver County Colorado
- earthquakes
- engineering geology
- fluid injection
- genesis
- regression analysis
- relation
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal
- statistical analysis
- United States
- waste disposal
- Wells and drill holes
- denver area
- disposal well
- rocky mtn. arsenal
- earthquake frequency vs. fluid injec
- regression-correlation analysis