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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:

Morrison Formation, San Juan Basin

Comments on Geologic Parameters

6 Continuity:

The continuity of the Morrison aquifer can be estimated from the sandstone isolith map of Galloway (1980), in addition to the outcrop patterns and faults on the edge of the basin. These fluvial sandstones are highly heterogeneous.

6 Map:

6 Reference:

Galloway, W. E., 1980, Deposition and early hydrologic evolution of the Westwater Canyon and other fluvial fan systems, in Rautman, C. A., compiler, Geology and mineral technology of the Grants uranium region: New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir 38, p. 59–69.