Published 1987
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Infiltration at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, traced by 36Cl
- 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
Description
Measurements of chloride and 36Cl in soils from two locations near Yucca Mountain, Nevada, have been used to trace the infiltration of precipitation in this arid region. The results show that the 36Cl fallout from nuclear-weapons testing formed a well-defined peak at one location, with a maximum 36Cl/Cl ratio 0.5 m below the surface. The structure of the 36Cl bomb pulse at the other location was much more complex, and the quantity of 36Cl in the bomb pulse was < 1% of the 6 x 1012 atoms 36Cl/m2 in the bomb pulse at the first location. The data indicate hydrologic activity subsequent to the 36Cl bomb-pulse fallout at one location, but none at the other location
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Accelerator mass spectrometry: Proceedings of the fourth international symposium on accelerator mass spectrometry
- Journal Page Range
- p. 376-379.
- Report number
- CONF-8704112--
Conference
- Title
- 4. international symposium on accelerator mass spectrometry.
- Dates
- 27-30 Apr 1987.
- Place
- Ontario (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20009594
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; CHLORINE 36; DEPTH; FALLOUT; GROUND WATER; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPE RATIO; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SOILS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; USES
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHLORINE ISOTOPES; DIMENSIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES