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Science 31 March 1978:
Vol. 199. no. 4336, pp. 1436 - 1437
DOI: 10.1126/science.199.4336.1436
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Salt Domes: Is There More Energy Available from Their Salt than from Their Oil?

GERALD L. WICK 1 and JOHN D. ISAACS 1

1 Institute of Marine Resources, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093

Calculations indicate that a typical oil-bearing salt dome along the Gulf Coast of the United States contains more energy in its salt than is present in its oil. The magnitude of the potential salinity gradient energy is even greater when all of the salt domes are considered.

Submitted on October 27, 1977
Revised on January 11, 1978


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
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