Geothermal Resources Frio Formation, Middle Texas Gulf Coast

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dc.call-noSPEC COLL GBAY ACC#10571
dc.creatorBebout, D.G.
dc.creatorAgagu, O.K.
dc.creatorDorfman, M.H.
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-08T20:29:08Z
dc.date.available2010-09-08T20:29:08Z
dc.date.issued1975
dc.description47 pagesen
dc.description.abstractAt depths generally greater than 7,000 feet, the sands and shales of the Frio Formation are overpressured and undercompacted. The insulating effect of these overpressured and undercompacted sediments results in the accumulation of subsurface heat and, thus, high-temperature water. The local variations of depth to top of geopressure are related to the distribution of sand and shale lithologies and to the location of growth faults. For more information concerning origin of geopressure or high temperatures, see Jones (1970) and Dorfman and Kehle (1974). Bruce (1973) discusses the nature of growth faults in detail. The resource in geopressured zone consists of high-temperature water with relatively low salinity and with dissolved methane gas. The objectives of this study were to determine regional sand distribution of the Frio Formation, identify depositional environments, and delineate the geopressured zone and its relationship to sand/shale distribution, growth faults, and fluid temperatures in the Middle Texas Gulf Coast. This study is essentially an extension of that completed earlier for South Texas (Bebout, Dorfman, and Agagu, 1975); all correlation and mapping units are the same as those represented in the South Texas report.en
dc.identifier.otherAccession #10571
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/27126
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.locationGBIC Special Collection
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geologyen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGeological Circular;75-8
dc.subjectFrio Formationen
dc.subjectenergy developmenten
dc.subjectgeothermal explorationen
dc.subjectgeothermal energyen
dc.titleGeothermal Resources Frio Formation, Middle Texas Gulf Coasten
dc.typeTechnical Reporten

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