Clean water is abundant due to the mountainous terrain with its impermeable rock.
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However, by far most of geothermal energy within reach of conventional techniques is in dry and impermeable rock.
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Because of the transition from water-permeable to impermeable rock layers several spring horizons have emerged, explaining the richness of the springs.
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To begin with, the vertical depth separation between drinking water aquifers and reservoir targets for gas production is several thousand feet of impermeable rock.
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The pools _ pockets of water that form atop impermeable rock after rain showers _ also serve as temporary habitat to countless migratory birds.
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The field has remained undeveloped because the oil is trapped in impermeable rock, requiring advanced technology and very large numbers of oil wells to extract it.
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The anticline is composed of a series of sandstone rock beds and an impermeable rock cap under which vast reserves of oil and gas are trapped.
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This water, unlike surface water, must have come from deep-crust minerals and had been unable to reach the surface because of a layer of impermeable rock.
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It is water-rich, because the ground contains copious impermeable rocks, particularly sandstone and conglomerate at lower elevations, whereas at higher elevations, it mainly consists of limestone and dolomite.
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Oil is found in several steeply dipping sand units bounded by impermeable rocks; the sands pinch out towards the ground surface, and oil accumulates in the upper portions.