Simulating the Evolution of Fluid Underpressures in the Great Plains, by Incorporation of Tectonic Uplift and Tilting, with a Groundwater Flow Model

<div>Map of potentiometric surface (hydraulic head contour lines in meters) in rocks of Wolfcampian age, after Nelson et al. ([<a href="/journals/geofluids/2018/3765743/#B23">7</a>], Figure  14A). Hydraulic head ranges from less than 366 m in water wells in northeastern Kansas to greater than 610 m in oil and gas wells in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska. Dots represent well control. Control data for the hydrologic model were taken along 800 km line <span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.4859pt" id="M28" style="vertical-align:-0.04979992pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -11.4361 26.5739 11.4859" width="26.5739pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M673 0V28C608 34 594 43 563 129C499 303 432 494 370 665L339 656L132 132C98 43 84 37 20 28V0H238V28C162 35 154 45 175 108C188 150 203 192 219 237H432C454 176 474 122 487 83S491 36 428 28V0H673ZM418 280H234C265 362 296 450 328 535H330L418 280Z" id="g121-63"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,8.983,0)"><path d="M300 253H71L57 198H286L300 253Z" id="g190-46"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,13.628,0)"><path d="M673 0V28C608 34 594 43 563 129C499 303 432 494 370 665L339 656L132 132C98 43 84 37 20 28V0H238V28C162 35 154 45 175 108C188 150 203 192 219 237H432C454 176 474 122 487 83S491 36 428 28V0H673ZM418 280H234C265 362 296 450 328 535H330L418 280Z" id="g121-63"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,22.611,-5.741)"><path d="M310 541L304 571C290 586 211 619 185 610L80 76L131 52L310 541Z" id="g50-31"></path></g></svg>.</span></div>

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Figure 9: Simulating the Evolution of Fluid Underpressures in the Great Plains, by Incorporation of Tectonic Uplift and Tilting, with a Groundwater Flow Model 

Figure 9 | Simulating the Evolution of Fluid Underpressures in the Great Plains, by Incorporation of Tectonic Uplift and Tilting, with a Groundwater Flow Model 