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f Shallow Seismic Studies Of A Large Playa Basin Near Amarillo, Texas
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 6th EEGS Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Apr 1993, cp-209-00047
Abstract
Sevenmile Basin is a playa basin in the Texas Panhandle that is being studied as<br>part of a geological and hydrological characterization of the region surrounding<br>the U. S. Department of Energy’s Pantex Plant near Amarillo. Shallow seismic<br>data were collected in an attempt to understand the origin, development, and<br>hydrogeological framework of playas, which are recharge points for the<br>economically important Ogallala aquifer. This exceptionally large playa basin,<br>which is 5.5 km across in an east-west direction and 3.6 km across in a northsouth<br>direction, is less than 0.5 km from the southern boundary of the Pantex<br>Plant.