Geostatistical analysis of potentiometric data in the Pennsylvanian aquifer of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas
This report details a geostatistical analysis of potentiometric data from the Pennsylvanian aquifer in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas. Such an analysis is a part of an overall uncertainty analysis for a high-level waste repository in salt. Both an expected potentiometric surface and the associated standard error surface are produced. The Pennsylvanian data are found to be well explained by a linear trend with a superimposed spherical semivariogram. A cross-validation of the analysis confirms this. In addition, the cross-validation provides a point-by-point check to test for possible anomalous data. The analysis is restricted to that portion of the Pennsylvanian aquifer that lies to the southwest of the Amarillo Uplift. The Pennsylvanian is absent is some areas across the uplift and data to the northeast were not used in this analysis. The surfaces produced in that analysis are included for comparison. 9 refs., 15 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Memorial Inst., Hereford, TX (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-87CH10290; AC02-83CH10140
- OSTI ID:
- 7040050
- Report Number(s):
- BMI/ONWI/C-79; BMI/ONWI-680; ON: TI88012826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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