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Bedded Salt Publications

Title Publication Year Abstract Author Series Publisher
Andrews Salt Map Diapiric and Thickly Bedded Salt in Texas 2023

This 1:1,000,000 scale map shows salt dome locations and salt bed structure in onshore Texas. The GeMS GIS database contains structure contours for both domes and bedded salt.  Source data include structure contour maps between scales of 1:2,000 and 1:24,000 published between 1925 and 2021.

 Andrews, J.R. Open-File Map Bureau of Economic Geology
Amount and nature of occluded water in bedded salt, Palo Duro basin, Texas Amount and nature of occluded water in bedded salt, Palo Duro basin, Texas 1985

Bedded salt of the Permian San Andres Formation, Palo Duro Basin, Texas, is under consideration for the isolation of high-level nuclear waste.

Fisher, R.S. Geological Circular Bureau of Economic Geology