Chemical composition of ground water and the locations of permeable zones in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada
Description
Ten wells in the Yucca Mountain area of southern Nevada have been sampled for chemical analysis. Samples were obtained during pumping of water from the entire well bore (composite sample) and in one instance by pumping water from a single isolated interval in well UE-25b number 1. Sodium is the most abundant cation and bicarbonate the most abundant anion in all water samples. Although the general chemical compositions of individual samples are similar, there are significant differences in uncorrected carbon-14 age and in inorganic and stable-isotope composition. Flow surveys of seven wells performed using iodine-131 as a tracer indicate that ground-water production is usually from one or more discrete zones of permeability. 7 references, 12 figures, 1 table
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01 as DE84006458.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 23 p.
- Report number
- USGS-OFR--83-854
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15046404
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BICARBONATES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GROUND WATER; NEVADA TEST SITE; PERMEABILITY; SODIUM; TUFF
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; DATA; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INFORMATION; METALS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; WATER