Published February 1987 | Version v1
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Rustler Formation in the waste handling and exhaust shafts, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, southeastern New Mexico

Creators

  • 1. IT Corp., Albuquerque, NM

Description

The Permian Rustler Formation was recently examined in detail in two shafts at the WIPP site: the waste handling shaft (waste shaft) and the exhaust shaft. Fresh exposures of the Rustler in the shafts exhibited abundant primary sedimentary structures. The abundance of primary sedimentary structures observed in the shafts is unequaled in previously described sections. Data are reported here in their stratigraphic context as an initial basis for evaluation of depositional environments of the Rustler and reevaluating the role of dissolution in the formation of the Rustler. 10 refs

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Imprint Title
The Rustler Formation at the WIPP site: Report of a workshop on the geology and hydrology of the Rustler Formation as it relates to the WIPP Project
Journal Page Range
p. 26-35.
Report number
DOE/AL/10752--34

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19046969
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
ANHYDRITE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; NEW MEXICO; PETROLOGY; POLYHALITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHAFT EXCAVATIONS; SITE SELECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; WIPP
Descriptors DEC
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT; MINERALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PILOT PLANTS; ROCKS; SULFATE MINERALS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING