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Conceptualizing of the Pre-developed Groundwater Flow System and Transient Water-Level Responses in Yucca Flat, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada

Conceptualizing of the Pre-developed Groundwater Flow System and Transient Water-Level Responses in Yucca Flat, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada

Sweetkind, Donald S.
Elliott, Peggy E.
Laczniak, Randell J.

Paperback

General Science

ISBN10: 1500154768
ISBN13: 9781500154769
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 10 2014
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.15 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Contaminants introduced into the subsurface of Yucca Flat, Nevada National Security Site, by underground nuclear testing are of concern to the U.S. Department of Energy and regula- tors responsible for protecting human health and safety. The potential for contaminant movement away from the under- ground test areas and into the accessible environment is great- est by groundwater transport. The primary hydrologic control on this transport is evaluated and examined through a set of contour maps developed to represent the hydraulic-head dis- tribution within the two major aquifer systems underlying the area. Aquifers and confining units within these systems were identified and their extents delineated by merging and analyz- ing hydrostratigraphic framework models developed by other investigators from existing geologic information. Maps of the hydraulic-head distributions in the major aquifer systems were developed from a detailed evaluation and assessment of avail- able water-level measurements. The maps, in conjunction with regional and detailed hydrogeologic cross sections, were used to conceptualize flow within and between aquifer systems.

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