Download or read book Heat Variations Caused by Groundwater Flow in Growth Faults of the South Texas Gulf Coast Basin written by Daniel Paul Bodner and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zones of above average subsurface temperatures have been noted in certain areas of the Gulf Coast basin. Their cause has often been credited to geopressure, which presumably traps heat because of higher porosity and consequently lower thermal conductivity. I determined the temperature distribution in a portion of South Texas by collecting and analyzing over 1600 bottom-hole temperature measurements. The analysis included correcting the temperatures with the Kehle correction scheme, constructing isothermal surfaces by both interpolating and extrapolating the data, and Kriging the result. Temperature profiles were plotted for twelve subregions of the study area. The greatest temperature anomalies are associated with the Tertiary Wilcox growth fault zone, and the simple presence of geopressure is insufficient to account for the temperature anomaly. Numerical modeling indicates that growth faults act as zones for concentrated vertical flow. The upwelling of deep basinal fluids advects heat and causes the high temperatures observed in the growth fault zone. The model, by Smith (1983), is two-dimensional, finite element, steady state, and couples heat and fluid transport. It indicates that the source of these fluids is deep, perhaps over 20,000 feet (6096 m) below the surface. The modeling results also suggest that an unidentified region of high thermal and hydraulic conductivity could exist coastward of the Wilcox faults at a depth of about 15,000-20,000 feet (4572-6096m).
Download or read book Temperature variations and their relation to groundwater flow South Texas Gulf Coast Basin written by Deborah Susan Pfeiffer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Diagenesis II written by G.V. Chilingarian and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagenesis is a highly developed, interdisciplinary field of study. It is reciprocal in that it borrows from numerous scientific or technological specialities and then, in turn, repays them with useful results. Too often, however, the information gained and concepts developed remain unintegrated instead of being utilized quickly by several related earth-science fraternities. This volume, the second of a multi-volume work, attempts to bring together such information, thereby assisting the individual and the research group in keeping up with the data explosion. There is no end in sight to diagenetic research because of its wide practical and intellectual appeals. Consequently, periodic reviews, such as presented in this volume, are greatly needed.
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Download or read book Transactions written by Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ground water Flow in the Gulf Coast Aquifer Systems South Central United States written by Alex K. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Structural Styles of the Wilcox and Frio Growth fault Trends in Texas written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wide variability in structural styles within the growth-faulted, geopressured trends of the Texas Gulf Coast is illustrated by detailed structural maps of selected areas of the Wilcox and Frio growth-fault trends and quantified by statistical analysis of fault compartment geometries. Structural variability is a key determinant of the size of geopressured aquifers in the deep subsurface. Two major structural styles exist in the Wilcox trend. (1) In southeast and Central Texas, the trend consists of continuous, closely spaced faults that have little associated rollover despite moderate expansion of section; the fault plane flattens little with depth. (2) By contrast, in South Texas a narrow band of growth faults having high expansion and moderate rollover lies above and downdip of a ridge of deformed, overpressured shale but updip of a deep basin formed by withdrawal of overpressured shale. Frio fault systems generally display greater rollover and wider spacing than do Wilcox fault systems; however, the Frio trend displays distinctive features in each study area. Most of the Frio growth faults, however, have a similar geometry, showing substantial rollover, expansion of section, and a moderate flattening of the fault zone with depth, possibly related to a deep decollement surface. The local variability in style is related to the magnitude of Frio sedimentation and progradation and to the presence of thick salt or shale. Finding and developing a large geopressured aquifer require recognition of a favorable combination of sand-body geometry, reservoir quality, and fault compartment size and shape.
Download or read book Heat as a Tool for Studying the Movement of Ground Water Near Streams written by David Arthur Stonestrom and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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