Comments on Geologic Parameters
08 Continuity of Top Seal:
Similar to property number 7, top-seal thickness, we did not find a net-salt map of the entire aquitard. Therefore, we used a net-salt map of the San Andres Formation cycle 4 (Presley, 1979) as an example of the continuity of part of the aquitard.
08 Map:

08 Reference:
Presley, M. W., 1979, Upper Permian evaporites and red beds, in Dutton, S. P., Finley R. J., Galloway, W. E., Gustavson, T. C., Handford, C. R., and Presley, M. W., Geology and hydrology of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas Panhandle: a report on the progress of nuclear waste isolation feasibility studies, 1978: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Geological Circular 79-1, p. 39–49.
Geological Parameter 08, Continuity of Top Seal
- Arbuckle Group
- Basin Fill /Carbonates
- Cape Fear Formation
- Cedar Keys Lawson
- Fox Hills, Lower Hell Creek
- Glen Canyon Group
- Granite Wash
- Lower Potomac Group
- Lyons Formation
- Madison Group
- Miocene, Lower
- Miocene, Upper
- Morrison Formation
- Mt. Simon Formation
- Oligocene
- Oriskany Formation
- Paluxy Sand
- Pliocene, Lower
- Pliocene, Upper
- Pottsville Formation
- Pre-Tuscaloosa
- Repetto Formation
- St. Peter Sand
- Tuscaloosa (AL)
- Tuscaloosa (GA)
- Woodbine Formation