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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:

Glen Canyon Group, Sevier Basin and Kaiparowitz Bench

Comments on Geologic Parameters

13 Rock/Water Reaction:

Some data on rock/water reaction were provided by Freethey and Cordy (1991), but the emphasis of their research is on ground-water chemistry. Potential for mineral interaction with high-CO2 brines is low in these mature sandstones.

13 Map:

 

13 Reference:

Freethey, G. W., and Cordy, G. E., 1991, Geohydrology of Mesozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin—excluding the San Juan Basin—in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1411-C, 118 p.