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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 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.

 
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