|
Site
|
Location
|
Rock Type
|
Application
|
Maximum Depth (m)
|
Reference
|
|
Antrim Shale
|
Eastern Michigan
|
Shale
|
Natural gas resources development
|
300
|
Turpening (1984)
|
|
Multiwell Experiment
|
Northwest Colorado
|
Siltstone
|
Natural gas resources development
|
2,000
|
Lorenz and Finley (1991); Lorenz et al. (1989)
|
|
Nevada Test Site
|
Southwest Nevada
|
Tuff
|
Radioactive waste disposal
|
1,000
|
Geldon (1993); Nelson (1993)
|
|
The Geysers Field
|
North-Central California
|
Metamorphic
|
Geothermal
|
3,000
|
Geothermal Resources; Council (1992); Oppenheimer (1986)
|
|
Finnsjön
|
Sweden
|
Granite
|
Radioactive waste disposal
|
500
|
Andersson et al. (1991); Gustaffson and Andersson (1991)
|
|
East Bull Lake
|
South-Central Ontario, Canada
|
Gabbro
|
Radioactive waste disposal
|
500
|
Paillet and Hess (1986); Kamineni et al. (1987); Ticknor et al. (1989)
|
|
Aitkokan
|
Southwest Ontario
|
Granite
|
Radioactive waste disposal
|
1,000
|
Paillet and Hess (1987); Stone and Kamineni (1982); Kamineni and Bonardi (1983)
|
|
Niagara Falls
|
Northwest New York
|
Dolomite
|
Contaminant dispersal
|
200
|
Yager (1993)
|
|
Pierre Shale
|
Central South Dakota
|
Shale
|
Waste disposal
|
100
|
Bredehoeft et al. (1983); Neuzil (1993)
|
|
Travis Peak
|
Southeast Texas
|
Sandstone
|
Gas production
|
3,000
|
Laubach (1988); Laubach et al. (1988)
|
|
Waste Isolation Pilot Project
|
Southeastern New Mexico
|
Dolomite and anhydrite
|
Radioactive waste disposal
|
1,000
|
Davies et al. (1991); Beauheim (1988)
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