sansmic.empirical

The values in this module are determined empirically and taken from published research. Among the most significant data included here is the table of water properties by weight-percent NaCl, temperature, and density. See Kaufman [6] and Lide [9].

Module Attributes

rho_NaCl_s	Density of salt in the surrounding rock.
a	Coefficients used for wall recession rate equation (SAND2015-XXXX Ch 4).
c	Coefficients used for converting between weight percent and specific gravity (SAND2015 Ch2.3).
sg_matrix	Specific gravity data for sodium chloride [6, 9].
wt_pct_vec	Weight-percent salt content data for sodium chloride [6, 9].
T_degC_vec	Temperature (in degrees Celsius) data for sg vs wt-pct for sodium chloride [6, 9].
wt_pct_max	Weight-percent salt content data for sodium chloride [6, 9].
T_degC_max	Temperature (in degrees Celsius) data for sg vs wt pct for sodium chloride [6, 9].
sg_max	Specific gravity data for sodium chloride [6, 9].