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Deformation-Dissolution Potential of Bedded Salt, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Site, Delaware Basin, New Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Roger Y. Anderson
Roger Y. Anderson*
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Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Deep-seated collapse and brecciation is a feature common to bedded salt in a number of evaporite basins. The origin of these features is poorly understood. The relatively young geologic age of uplift and exposure of evaporites in the Delaware Basin, and a still-active hydrologic system, provides a unique opportunity to examine the pathways of water movement related to collapse features and salt dissolution. In addition, salt deformation structures are closely associated with brine, dissolution, and collapse. This report briefly discusses evidence for deep-seated dissolution,considers the relationship between deformation, dissolution, and brine, and examines the potential for dissolution at the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) site with respect to stages in the deformation-dissolution process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 11: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management V , 1981 , 449
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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