Research Article

Assessing Alternative Scenarios for the Cause of Underpressures in the Ordovician Sediments along the Eastern Flank of the Michigan Basin

Table 1

Summary of formation input parameters for calibration of numerical models. Adapted from Sykes et al. [37].

Formation Thickness (m) Kh (m/s) Porosity Tortuosity

Goat Island 18.8 2.0 × 10−12 0.020 1.12E− 02
Gasport 6.8 2.0 × 10−12 0.020 1.12E − 02
Lions Head 4.5 5.0 × 10−12 0.031 7.23E − 03
Fossil Hill 2.3 5.0 × 10−12 0.031 7.23E − 03
Cabot Head 23.8 9.0 × 10−14 0.116 1.93E − 03
Manitoulin 12.6 9.0 × 10−14 0.028 8.00E − 03
Queenston 70.6 2.0 × 10−14 0.073 1.84E − 02
Georgian Bay 90.9 3.0 × 10−14 0.071 5.35E − 03
Blue Mountain 42.7 5.0 × 10−14 0.078 1.73E − 02
Collingwood 7.90 2.0 × 10−14 0.012 1.12E − 01
Cobourg 28.6 2.0 × 10−14 0.015 1.02E − 02
Sherman Fall 28.0 1.0 × 10−14 0.016 1.28E − 02
Kirkfield 45.9 8.0 × 10−15 0.021 5.94E − 03
Coboconk 23.0 4.0 × 10−12 0.009 1.39E − 02
Gull River 53.6 7.0 × 10−13 0.022 5.67E − 03
Shadow Lake 5.2 1.0 × 10−9 0.097 1.29E − 03