Geologic section and hydrologic observations at station 1A, Tatum salt dome, Lamar County, Mississippi
Description:
Station 1A was the emplacement hole for the nuclear device used in the Advanced Research Project Agency's and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's 5-kT nuclear Salmon Event of October 22, 1964. The hole penetrated the Pascagoula and Hattiesburg Formations, undifferentiated, and the Catahoula Sandstone, all of Miocene age, before entering the caprock at a depth of 882 feet. In continued through the calcite, gypsum, and anhydrite units of the caprock, which extend to a depth of 1,469.5 feet,…
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Date:
February 25, 1966
Creator:
Taylor, R.E.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department