Some Salt Dome Facts
Including Related Info etc
USGS Report on Gulf Coast Salt Domes – with locations
A Brief History of Salt Cavern Use
About a Salt Dome < has cap rock explained
Solution Mining Research Institute
Geologic Evaluation for Domal Salt Storage Projects (1998 paper)
Geologic Analysis of the Napoleonville Salt Dome by Golden Gate Petroleum, 2012
A Brief History of Salt Cavern Use
GRAPHIC: The Salt Dome Nudged by the Big Hum
Info on the Napoleonville Salt Dome from USGS (above)
Explanation of Salt Dome, Caverns & Wells at the Sinkhole
Abstract – Multiple Flow and Cavern Abandonment in Salt
Cross section diagram deepwater, deep shelf
AGM Inc. – History of Salt Cavern Use (PDF)
American Geological Institute – Nature of growth of southern Louisiana salt domes and its effect on petroleum accumulation
PHOTOS of inside a salt dome
LA. State Report on Geology with maps & charts ( PDF )
Clemson University MAP of salt domes in LA.
LA. map with energy industry info
Hydrogeologic Framework of Southern Louisiana – USGS (PDF) – lists aquifers, faults, with charts etc.
GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY OF SALT DOMES IN GULF COAST REGION OF TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA
OFFSHORE: New Shelf Frontier In Ultradeep Geology Below Salt
Lake Peigneur
Information on the salt dome collapse at Lake Peigneur and the current fight to keep it from be exploited by gas companies once again can be found by entering “Lake Peigneur” in the search bar.
Salt Domes in Texas
Texas Salt Domes - Aspects Affecting Disposal of Toxic-Chemical Waste in Solution-Mined Caverns
NUKE WASTE & SALT DOMES
DOE – NORM Storage in Salt Domes
Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Underground Experiments in a Dome Salt Formation
Info on nuclear waste stored in salt domes < VIDEO from Jim Lee
AQUIFER INFO
Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer
Louisiana Freshwater Aquifers (MAP)
Geological Society paper on Louisiana Water
USGS – Bioremediation: Nature’s Way to a Cleaner Environment
OTHER
Gone with the Water – National Geographic on the ecology of Louisiana’s wetlands
see METHANE page for more science links and Natural Gas info
How to find info in PDF documents
