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APPENDIX C 

 COMMITTEE ON DEEP DISPOSAL 

 SUMMARY MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 11, 1955 



Called to order at 11:00 a.m. by Dr. M. King Hubbert, Chairman 

 of Committee. 



ATTENDANCE 



For full names and affiliations consult List of Participants. 



Full-time attendance Part-time attendance 



Christy 



Culler 



Denison 



Ferris 



Garrels 



Gilluly 



Gorman 



Hawkins 



He dm an 



Heroy 



Hess 



Holland 



Hubbert 



Joseph 



Lindsey 



Morgan 



Russell 

 Seal 



Thurston 

 Triplett 

 Varnes 

 "Watkins 

 Zumwalt 



Bass 



Brown 



Curtiss 



Fuller 



Griggs 



Hunter 



Lieberman 



Piper 



Renn 



PROCEEDINGS 



2. 



Dr. Hubbert started the discussion by diagramming two types of 

 geologic structures mentioned in previous conferences: 



a. A synclinal basin of sedimentary rocks, the lower porous 

 strata containing brine. 



b. Sedimentary rocks of uniform, low regional dip, in which 

 the water might be static or might be in motion, e.g. , 

 sedimentary rock sequence of a continental shelf. 



1. 1 Discussion of hazards lead to conclusion that safety was to be 

 primary concern, taking precedence over cost. 



Mr. Ralph Hunter described the geology of that portion of the 

 Michigan Basin with which the Dow Chemical Company is con- 

 cerned. One of the producing horizons contains saturated brine 

 in the center of the basin but the margins near the outcrop area 



