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Modeling The Sediment Fill Of The Uppertroy Pre-Glacial Bedrock Valley,Mchenry County, Llinois, Usa, Jodi Lau, Jason F. Thomason, David H. Malone, Eric Wade Peterson May 2016

Modeling The Sediment Fill Of The Uppertroy Pre-Glacial Bedrock Valley,Mchenry County, Llinois, Usa, Jodi Lau, Jason F. Thomason, David H. Malone, Eric Wade Peterson

Eric Wade Peterson

The Troy Bedrock Valley (TBV) and its tributary valleys are the principal pre-glacial drainage insouthern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, USA. This study focused on the headwaters of a tributarythat occurs in McHenry County, IL. Drilling, geophysical surveys, and the analysis of existinggeologic and water well data were used to determine the lithologic and geometric characteristicsof the sediments that fill the paleovalley. A 3D geologic model of these sediments was then developedin Petrel. More than 65 m of Quaternary sediments filled the paleovalley. The model domaincovers approximately 30 km2. The valley drains to the west and meanders, which is …


Three-Dimensional Geologic Model Of The Pecatonica Gas Storage Field, Winnebago County, Illinois, Nicole Kron, David Malone, Eric Peterson Dec 2014

Three-Dimensional Geologic Model Of The Pecatonica Gas Storage Field, Winnebago County, Illinois, Nicole Kron, David Malone, Eric Peterson

Eric Wade Peterson

This study involves the construction of a three-dimensional (3D) geologic model of Paleozoic strata that are part of an underground gas storage field in northern, Illinois, USA. The Pecatonica Anticline trends 60W and plunges gently to the southeast. It is 10 km long and 3 km wide, and verges to the NE. Six water wells and 22 gas wells were used to create the 3-D geologic model in Petrel using well tops as determined from wire-line logs. The following horizons were created for the Cambrian and Ordovician strata: the Ancell, Trempealeau, Franconia, Ironton-Galesvilles, Eau Claire Proviso A and B, Eau …