Fluid Inclusions in Salt from the Rayburn and Vacherie Domes, Louisiana: Usgs Open-File Report 79-1675 - Paperback

by Edwin Roedder (Author), H. E. Belkin (Author)

Core samples from the Rayburn and Vacherie salt domes in Louisiana were examined for fluid inclusions, in connection with the possible use of such domes for nuclear waste storage sites. Three types of fluid inclusions were found, brine, compressed gas, and oil (in decreasing volume percent abundance). The total amount of such fluids is small, certainly