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Volume: 53 (1969)

Issue: 9. (September)

First Page: 2037

Last Page: 2037

Title: Geothermal Gradients in Florida and Southern Georgia: ABSTRACT

Author(s): G. M. Griffin, P. A. Tedrick, D. A. Reel, J. P. Manker

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Bottom-hole temperatures from electric-log surveys were collected from all nonconfidential oil tests that recorded temperature data. These data are from 287 wells in Florida and 33 in Georgia. Computed gradients were compiled into county averages, and a preliminary geothermal gradient map was drawn.

Peninsular Florida, south of a NE-SW-trending zone through Taylor and Nassau Counties, is characterized by gradients generally less than 1.0°F/100 ft. Northern Florida and southern Georgia are characterized by gradients that generally exceed 1.0°F/100 ft. A weak and questionable increase in gradient may occur over the Sunniland field in southwest Florida.

The observed NE-SW geothermal trend parallels the Appalachian Mountain belt and coincides with known magnetic and gravity features of the area. It also parallels the Cretaceous to Holocene clastic-nonclastic boundary in northern Florida.

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