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Fourth Symposium on Salt
April 8 – 12, 1973
Houston, TX

 

Foreword

 

INTRODUCTION

Salt in the early ‘70s by Alan H. Coogan

The Salt Industry to 1980 by W. E. Dickinson


GENERAL GEOLOGY OF SALT AND OTHER EVAPORITES

Origin and Implications of a Mid-Basin Potash Facies in the Salina Salt of Michigan by R. David Matthews and G.C. Egleson

Sabkha Deposition of the Salina Group (Upper Silurian) of New York State by Michael I. Treesh and Gerald M. Friedman

Thick Evaporites in the Basin and Range Province – Arizona by H. Wesley Peirce

Lithium Occurrence in the Brines of Clayton Valley, Esmeralda County Nevada by Ihor A. Kunasz

Deposition and Diagenesis of Permian Evaporites and Associated Carbonates and Clastics on Shelf Areas of the Permian Basin by Alonzo D. Jacka and Lamberto A. Franco

Natural Brines of the Detroit River Group, Michigan Basin by Harry O. Sorensen and R. Thomas Segall

Geological Problems in Saskatchewan Potash Mining Due to Peculiar Conditions During Deposition of Potash Beds by C.A. Baar

Paleozoic Evaporites of the Canadian Artic Archipelago by G. R. Davies

A Re-Evaluation of the Muschelkalk Salt at Heilbronn (Abstract) by Louis F. Dellwig and Robert Kuhn

Miocene Salt Deposits in Poland by Aleksander Garlicki

Evaporite Deposits of the Khorat Plateau, Northeastern Thailand by Robert J. Hite

Geology of Salt and Salt Bearing Formations in Iraq by Sahil A. Alsinawi and Adnan A. Saadallah

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, TECTONICS AND PLATE TECTONICS

Tectonic Behavior of Evaporites by Joseph D. Martinez

Nature and Origin of Caprock Overlying Gulf Coast Salt Domes by Charles W. Walker

Environment and Intrusion of Gulf Coast Salt and Its Probable Relationship to Plate Teutonics by Donald H. Kupfer

Boundary Shear Zones in Salt Stocks by Donald H. Kupfer

Appalachian Foreland Thrusting in Salina Salt, Watkins Glen, New York by C.H. Jacoby and L.F. Dellwig

Schistosity in Deformed Anhydrite-A Reinterpretation by W.M. Schwerdtner

Internal-Flow Mechanism of Salt and Sylvinite in Anagance Diapiric Anticline Near Sussex, New Brunswick by W. M. Schwerdtner and M.J. Morrison

Gravity Measurements over Some Salt Structures in South Cape Breton Island and in the Vicinity  of Antigonish, Nova Scotia by K. Howells, D.P. Zwicker and D.E.T. Bidgood

Geometry and Development of Structures within the Pugwash Diapir, Nova Scotia by Robert Evans

Cretaceous Evaporites of Brail and West Africa and Their Bearing on the Theory of Continental Separation by N.C. Wardlaw

Evaporite Deposits of Continental Margins by David J.J. Kinsman

Salt Mirror and Petroleum Formation by M.R. Bloch

Tectonic Growth of Salt Diapirs, Dead Sea Basin (Abstract) by Israel Zak

On the Tectogenesis of Some Diapiric Salt Structures in Central Poland,  Upper Permian by Jozef W. Poborski

The Significance of Evaporites in the Basins Around the Atlantic Region by Robert Evans

 

GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY

Trace and Minor Element Variation in the Permian Castile Formation, Delaware Basin, Texas and New Mexico, Revealed by Yarve Calibration by Walter E. Dean and Roger Y. Anderson

Trace and Minor Elements in Anhydrite and Halite, Supai Formation (Permian), East-Central Arizona by Walter E. Dean and Annie Liu Tung

Behavior of Fluid Inclusions in Salt During Heating and Irradiation by Katrine A. Holdoway

Thermomigration of Liquid Droplets in Salt by T.R. Anthony and H.E. Cline

The Role of the Evaporite Basin in the Origin of Marine Phosphorite Deposits-A New Theory (Abstract) by Robert J. Hite

An Experimental Determination of the Solubility of Oxygen in Marine Brines by David J.J. Kinsman, Mark Boardman and Maria Borcsik

Preservation of Organic Matter in Evaporites (Abstract) by Douglas J. Shearman

Trace Metal Analysis of Agricultural Salt Products by Roger C. Morris, C.M. Smithey and Charles E. MacKinnon

Geochemistry of the Gypsiferous Sediments of the Abis Area, a Reclaimed Part of Lake Maryut in Northern Egypt by S. Tosson and S.I. Ghowail

Calcium Sulphate Minerals of Evaporite Deposits: Their Primary Mineralogy by David J.J. Kinsman

Sedimentology and Bromine Geochemistry of Marine and Continental Evaporites in the Dead Sea Basin by Israel Zak

ENVIRONMENT      

Total World Salt Balance by R. J. Pickering and F. B. Walling

Effects of Brining and Salt By-Products Operations on the Surface and Ground Water Resources of the Muskingum Basin, Ohio by John L. Rau

Salt Water Vapor Discharges and the Environment by Allan Hale

Effects of Deicing Salts on the waters of the Irondequoit Bay Drainage Basin, Monroe County, New York by W.H. Diment, R.C. Bubeck and B.L. Deck

Runoff of Deicing Salt in Buffalo, New York by Ralph R. Rumer, Jr., Robert P. Apmann and Calvin C. Chien

Environmental Science in the Salt Industry by John J. Leydon

Using Salt for Production of Electrolytic Solutions to Sterilize Polluted Wastes by Philippe de Flers and Marcel Creissels

Effect of Deicing Salts Applied to Highways on the Contiguous Environment by F.E. Hutchinson

Salt and Environmental Planning:  An Historical Perspective to a Contemporary Land-Use Problem by K.L. Wallwork

The Mineral Well Act of Michigan (Abstract) by A.J. Rarick and R.E. Ives

NUTRITION, SALT USES

Nutritional Iodine in Processed Foods by Eugene J. Kuhajek and Howard W. Fiedelman

Value of Salt and Trace Minerals in Animal Feeding by T.J. Cunha

Need and Value of Selenium in Animal Feeding by T.J. Cunha

Fortification of Salt with Iron by M.M. Gurunath, H.W. Diamond and M.G. Venkatesh Mannar

The Effect of Sodium Chloride on the Leaching of Chalcopyrite in Low Grade Ore (Abstract) by W.A. Kennedy

MINING AND PROCESSING

Use of Boom-Type Miners by Wilhelm J. Kogelmann

Continuous Mining of Trona Ore by Warren E. Fife

Load-Haul-Dump Concept in Salt Mining by Lewis P. Bush

High Strength Primadets®, the Modern Approach to Direct Initiation of  ANFO in Salt Mining by J.R. Phin  

Strata Reinforcement with Cable Bolts by W. G. Muir and D.G.F. Hedley

Maintenance-The Key to Production by Nicholas J. Nicola

Recent Improvements in Salt Plant Electrical Systems by Robert .T. Fidiam

Leaching Potash Ores by William P. Wilson and Arthur G. McKee

Salt Extraction Industry in the Romanian Socialist Republic by V. GirjoabaPage

ROCK MECHANICS AND GEOPHYSICS

A Laser Radar for Probing Salt by R.R. Unterberger

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Salt-Probing into Salt with Radar by R.R. Unterberger

How to Locate Water Hazards in Salt Mines by J.C. Cook

Yes, We Can Locate Solution Cavity Boundaries by John C. Cook

Creep Rupture  Criteria for Salt by Keshavan Nair and R.D. Singh

Utilization of Stress Envelopes in Design of Solution Cavities by Shosei Serata

Results of Recent studies on the Stability of Crude Oil and Gas Storage in Salt Caverns by W.E. Dreyer

Mechanical Behavior of a Gas Storage Cavern in Evaporitic Rocks by Hans Ulrich Rohr

Analytical Methods for Predicting Subsidence Above Solution-Mined Cavities by C-Y. Chang and Keshavan Nair

Long Term Creep Closure of Solution Cavity System by Robert Chao

Time-Dependent Analysis to Predict Closure in Salt Cavities by Keshavan Nair, C-Y Chang, R.D. Singh and A.M. Abdullah

Borehole Investigation of Rock Quality & Deformtion Using the 3-D Velocity Log by John I. Myung and Donald P. Helander

Fracture Gradient Prediction and Application by B.A. Eaton 

Rock Mechanics Applied to Conventional Mining-Panel Discussion (Abstract) by Thomas Piper

SOLUTION MINING

Model Studies in Solution Mining by Hilmar von Schonfeldt 

Mechanism of Solution and Cavity Control in a Two-Well System with Emphasis on Jetting by Hilmar von Schonfeldt and Luis Remolina

Convective Mixing of Water with Brine Around the Periphery of a Vertical Tube by Ahgmed Saberian and H.A. von Schonfeldt

Well Communication in Salt Formations by Bezalei C. Haimson 

Methods of Joining Two or More Wells for Brine Production by Keller Henderson 

Use of Lynes Inflatable Packers in Solution Mining by G.G. Harmon and R.N.M. Urash

Special Logging Techniques of Underground Storage and Solution Mining Wells by Bill Hicks

A Case History of Brine Cavity Development with Intermediate Injection by A.E. Cummings and P. O'Donnell

History of Solution Mining at Hauterives, France by B. George, P. Laporte and D. Richner

CAVITY UTILIZATION AND STORAGE

Outlook for Underground Storage by Donald L. Katz

Role of Salt Domes in Energy Production by Joseph D. Martinez

Recovery of Entrapped Hydrocarbons by Charles H. Jacoby  

Feasibility of Storing Large Quantities of Crude Oil in Salt Dome Solution Cavities by A.E. Corcoran, F.W. Jessen and H. von Schonfeldt           

Simultaneous Storage of LPG and Production of Brine, Pierce Junction Dome, Houston, Texas by T.J. Minihan and C.W. Querio

Simulation of Gas Storage Cavity Creation by Numerical Methods by Michel Pottier and Bernard Esteve

Cavern Storage of Feedstock for Synthetic Natural Gas Plant by Raymond A. Asiala

Peak Power Plants with Air Storage in Salt Caverns (Abstract) by H. Harboe 

Earth Science Aspects in the Disposal of Inorganic Wastes by Charles H. Jacoby, Stephen Szyprowski and Dilip K. Paul

Underground Storage of Hydrocarbons at Manosque, France by D. Dubois and V. Maury

Underground Storage for Electrical Power Generation by William J. Lang

Process for Refuse Disposal in Solution-Mined Salt Cavities by Z.W. Rogers, Jr.

Status of AEC Project to Establish a Salt Mine Radioactive Waste Repository by W.C. McClain 

Finite Element Analyses of Salt Domes with Stored Hot Wastes by Michael G. Dwyer and Robert L. Thoms

SOLAR EVAPORATION

The Composition of Sea Water and Its Concentrates by Gino Baseggio

Solar Pond Modeling by R.N. Jacobsen and F. Ore 

Importance of Microorganisms in Solar Salt Production by Joseph S. Davis 

Halophile Bacteria:  Experimental Control and Its Ecological Significance by Paul Tasch and Barbara Todd 

Parasitic Crystalline Occlusions in Solar Salt by M. Viard and J.M. Beyna

Novel Methods of Brine Concentration by R.N. Jacobson

Washing of Solar Evaporated Salts by E. Chemtob and J.C. Brooks

Study of Exchange of Brines through Dykes with Viscous Flow Analogy by Anching Lin and Sang-Myung Lee 

Leakage from Solar Evaporation Ponds Associated with Sediment-Brine Interactions by L. Jan Turk

Harvest of Solar Salt at Salin-de-Giraud, France by P. de Flers, B. de Saboulin and J. Clain 

Controlling Harvesting Efficiencies by E.H. Rivera 

SALT PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY

Population Balance as a Tool in Analyzing Continuous Crystallizer Design by Thomas F. Canning

Economics of Recompression Salt Evaporation by Joseph V. Rozycki 

Heat Transfer in the Coupled VTE/MSF Test Bed Plant at the Office of  Saline Water Test Facility, Freeport, Texas by Leon Awerbuch and Dewey Burbank

Contact Nucleation in Salt Crystallization by R.C. Bennett

Seeding Seawater to Prevent Scale in Distillation Equipment by J. Ravoire and P. Charuit 

Behavior of Some Trace Elements During the Concentration of Sea Water by Electrodialysis with Ion-Exchange Membranes by K. Hiroi

Effects of Selected Variables on Salt Compression by John M. Turnbull

DESALINATION AND BY-PRODUCTS

Sea Water Desalting and Salt Manufacture by F.C. Standiford 

Disposal of Desalination Brine Effluents by Conversion to By-Products by Robert R. Grinstead and Thomas E. Lingafelter 

Recovery of Epsomite and Sylvite from Seawater Bittern by Crystallization by J.A. Fernandez-Lozano 

Hot Ball Desalination by J.R. Phillips 


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