Water-Quality Data and Geophysical Logs for Determination of Saline Groundwater in Selected Aquifers in Texas, 2021

Publication Date

2022-01-13

Start Date

2021-05-04

End Date

2021-08-25

Ging, P.B., Teeple, A.P., Payne, J.D., Pasley, N.K., and Hiler, M.D., 2022, Data release for water-quality data and geophysical logs for determination of saline groundwater in selected aquifers in Texas, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WXWGJB.

The purpose of this data release is to present the results of water-quality samples and geophysical logs collected at 12 wells in selected aquifers (Trinity, Edwards-Trinity (Plateau), Carrizo-Wilcox, Sparta, and Yegua-Jackson) in Texas. Water-quality samples were collected from 4 of the 12 wells and were analyzed for physical properties as well as dissolved concentrations of calcium, chloride, fluoride, magnesium, nitrate, nitrite, potassium, silica, sodium, sulfate, and total dissolved solids. Geophysical logs were collected from 10 of the 12 wells and include a suite of conventional geophysical logs such as caliper, natural gamma, self-potential, induction resistivity, short-normal resistivity, long-normal resistivity, single-point resistance, lateral resistivity, fluid temperature, and fluid resistivity as well as an advanced geophysical log of either full-waveform sonic or nuclear magnetic resonance to estimate formation porosity.

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