Woodbine Formation, East Texas Basin (10)

Comments on Geologic Parameters

10 Fluid Residence Time:

Kreitler and others (1984, p. 117) stated in their summary of the hydrology of deep aquifers in the East Texas Basin "Recharge probably occurred during Cretaceous time; therefore the waters are very old."

10 Reference:

Kreitler, C. W., Collins. E. W., Fogg, G. E., Jackson, M. P. A., and Seni, S. J., 1984, Hydrogeological characterization of the saline aquifers, East Texas Basin-implications to nuclear waste storage in East Texas salt domes: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, contract report prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, under contract no. DE-AC97-80ET46617, 156 p.