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Com ments

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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:

Basin Fill Sandstone and Carbonate Aquifers, Basin and Range
(Arizona, Nevada, and California)

Comments on Geologic Parameters

13 Rock/Water Reaction:

Data on rock/water reaction in the deep carbonate aquifers were provided by Thomas and others (1996). Immature mineralogy of Tertiary sandstones may have moderate reaction with high CO2 brines.

13 Map:

 

13 Reference:

Thomas, J. M., Welch, A. H., and Dettinger, M. D., 1996, Geochemistry and isotope hydrology of representative aquifers in the Great Basin region of Nevada, Utah, and adjacent states: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-C, p. C1-C100.