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Geo logic

Para meters

1 Depth:

2 Permeability/Hydraulic Conductivity:

3 Formation Thickness:
4 Net Sand Thickness:
5 Percent Shale:
6 Continuity:
7 Top Seal Thickness:
8 Continuity of top seal:
9 Hydrocarbon Production:
10 Fluid Residence Time:
11 Flow Direction Elevation:

12

CO2 Solu bility Brine

12a Temperature:
12b Pressure:
12c Salinity:
13 Rock/Water Reaction:
14 Porosity:
15 Water Chemistry:
16 Rock Mineralogy:

Pottsville Formation, Black Warrior Basin, Alabama/Mississippi

Comments on Geologic Parameters

112a Formation Temperature:

Data from the U.S. Geothermal Gradient map (Kron and Stix, 1982) was used with the depth map to determine average brine temperature for the Pottsville Formation.

12a Map:

12a Reference:

Kron, A., and Stix, J., 1982, U.S. geothermal gradient map of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, scale 1:2,500,000, two sheets.