Aggradational and erosional history of the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10191420· OSTI ID:10191420

Dechert, T V; McDaniel, P A; Falen, A L ^[1]

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1. Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID (United States)

Long-term performance of the low-level waste disposal site at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) is partially dependent on the stability of the land surface with respect to erosion of cover materials. This document discusses the aggradational and erosional history of the naturally occurring sediments and soils in and around the RWMC, focusing on the late-Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Other related issues include the ages of the various deposits, the extent to which they have been altered by soil formation and other processes, their relationships to the basalt flows in the area, and the impact of human activity on the materials at the RWMC.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10191420
• Report Number(s): EGG-WM-11049; ON: DE95002018
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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