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Geostatistical analysis of potentiometric data in Wolfcamp aquifer of the Palo Duro Basin, Texas

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6022539
This report details a geostatistical analysis of potentiometric data from the Wolfcamp 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 Wolfcamp 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.
Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83CH10140
OSTI ID:
6022539
Report Number(s):
BMI/ONWI-587; ON: DE86010226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English