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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:

Fox Hills — Lower Hell Creek, Powder River Basin

Comments on Geologic Parameters

12c Formation Water Salinity:

The Fox Hills Sandstone typically has water-salinity values under 3,000 ppm (U. S. Geological Survey, 1996). Greatest salinity values occur in the deep, west and southwest parts of the basin.

12c Map:

 

12c Reference:

Henderson, T., 1985, Geochemistry of ground-water in two sandstone aquifer systems in the northern Great Plains in parts of Montana and Wyoming: U. S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1402-C, p. C1-C84.

U. S. Geological Survey, 1996, Ground water atlas of the United States: Segment 8: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, p. 117.