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Research about Simpson seeps region

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Suggested correlation in Simpson seeps region

During the 1949 drilling season eight core tests were completed in the Simpson Seeps area up to October 25thβ€ž This program, which is still in progress, was undertaken to provide an explanation for the surface seeps near Caps Simpson. The shallowest of the eight holes reached 800 feet; the deepest was drilled to a depth of 1460 feet. Geophysical data on the shallow horizons indicate that the Simpson Seeps Core Tests shown on the section have been drilled in an area of nearly north-south strike. The five core tests that most nearly approximate a section normal to the strike were chosen for the accompanying cross Section. An east-west strike, accompanied by strong anomalous dips of fifteen to twenty degrees to the north is indicated by geophysical data about five miles north of the cross section.

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