Faulting and land subsidence from ground-water and hydrocarbon production, Houston-Galveston, Texas.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQE600.3.H64 GBAYen_US
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dc.contributor.authorKreitler, C.W.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:50:56Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:50:56Z
dc.date.issued1977en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description22 p.en_US
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dc.description.abstractLand subsidence in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, results cause of land subsidence, subsidence and faulting are also associated with at least six oil and gas fields: South Houston, Clinton, Mykawa, Blue Ridge, Goose Creek, and Webster fields. The two-county area is interlaced by active surface faults with topographic escarpments and surface faults which control drainage patterns and create subtle photographic linear patterns, but which exhibit no topographic escarpments. Fluid production activates a given fault by differential compaction of the sediments on either side of the fault. The faults appear to be partial fluid barriers which compartmentalize land subsidence. The Texas City area is an example of a subsidence compartment where subsidence has been restricted by growth faults. Correlation of electric log data from boreholes across the faults indicates as much as 21 m of displacement of sand beds within the Chicot aquifer. This much offset of permeable beds is considered sufficient to create partial hydrologic barriers.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
dc.geo-codeHarris Countyen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Countyen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas Cityen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19299
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dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries1536.00en_US
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dc.seriesUniv. Tex. Bur. Econ. Geol. IAHS Pub. No. 121.en_US
dc.subjectfaultsen_US
dc.subjectsubsidenceen_US
dc.subjectoil productionen_US
dc.subjectground wateren_US
dc.subjectpumpingen_US
dc.titleFaulting and land subsidence from ground-water and hydrocarbon production, Houston-Galveston, Texas.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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