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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GRAVITY METHOD OF CALCULATING THE DEPTH TO THE PRE‐CENOZOIC SURFACE IN YUCCA FLAT, NEVADA TEST SITE *
Author(s) -
BRETHAUER G.E.,
HEALEY D.L.,
MILLER C.H.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2478.1981.tb01009.x
Subject(s) - cenozoic , geology , standard deviation , geodesy , test site , statistical analysis , specific gravity , surface (topology) , seismology , mineralogy , geomorphology , geometry , mathematics , statistics , structural basin
A bstract Thirty‐eight gravity method estimates of the depth to the pre‐Cenozoic surface under Yucca Flat are used to determine the statistical accuracy associated with the gravity method. Results indicate that the gravity method tends to overestimate the depth to the pre‐Cenozoic surface, on the average, by 3.5 m with a standard deviation of 75.2 m. No significant change of this statistical estimate was observed with (1) depth, (2) location, or (3) date when the gravity‐method estimate was made.