A reservoir analysis of the Denver earthquakes : a case of induced seismicity

Injection of fluid waste into Precambrian crystalline rocks at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal triggered earthquakes in the 1960s. Available data suggest that the waste fluid was injected into a reservoir composed of connected vertical fractures. Earthquakes are believed to be results of lateral sliding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hsieh, Paul Anthony.
Other Authors: Maddock III, Thomas
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1979
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/191695

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