Case Study from the Midland Basin
Introduction to the Problem • About Solution-Mined Caverns • Geology of Salt • Purpose, Scope, and Methods of Our Study • Previous Work: Geologic Setting of the Bedded Salt in the Permian Basin
Stratigraphic Units and Type Logs • Midland Basin Stratigraphy – Seven Rivers and Yates Formations – Salado and Tansill Formations – Salado Insoluble Residue, Alibates, and Dewey Lake Formations • Delaware Basin Stratigraphy • Relationships between Midland and Delaware Basin Units
Stratigraphic Cross Sections • North–South Cross Section • East–West Cross Section • Discussion of Cross Sections
Maps • Structure Below the Salt Section • Structure Above the Salt Section • Thickness of the Salt Section • Depth to Salt • Salt Quality and Net Salt
Evaluation of Salt: Geologic Processes • Deposition of Salt • Base-of-cycle Dissolution • Post-Permian Salt Dissolution under Burial Conditions • Focused Dissolution and Collapse • Timing of Salt Dissolution under Burial Conditions
Case Studies • Case Study 1: Permian Facies Controls on the North Margin of the Midland Basin • Case Study 2: Post-Permian Dissolution at a Structural Positive on the Eastern Basin Margin • Case Study 3: Post-Permian Dissolution over the Central Basin Platform in the Pecos Valley Area • Case Study 4: Post-Permian Dissolution over the Capitan Reef
Methods for Site Evaluation
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
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