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Title: Chemical analyses of rocks, minerals, and detritus, Yucca Mountain--Preliminary report, special report No. 11

Abstract

This chemical analysis study is part of the research program of the Yucca Mountain Project intended to provide the State of Nevada with a detailed assessment of the geology and geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and adjacent regions. This report is preliminary in the sense that more chemical analyses may be needed in the future and also in the sense that these chemical analyses should be considered as a small part of a much larger geological data base. The interpretations discussed herein may be modified as that larger data base is examined and established. All of the chemical analyses performed to date are shown in Table 1. There are three parts to this table: (1) trace element analyses on rocks (limestone and tuff) and minerals (calcite/opal), (2) rare earth analyses on rocks (tuff) and minerals (calcite/opal), and (3) major element analyses + CO{sub 2} on rocks (tuff) and detritus sand. In this report, for each of the three parts of the table, the data and its possible significance will be discussed first, then some overall conclusions will be made, and finally some recommendations for future work will be offered.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Technology and Resource Assessment Corp., Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
196549
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10461-T67
ON: DE96006631; TRN: 96:001821
DOE Contract Number:  
FG08-85NV10461
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; STRATIGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ISOTOPES

Citation Formats

Hill, C A, and Livingston, D E. Chemical analyses of rocks, minerals, and detritus, Yucca Mountain--Preliminary report, special report No. 11. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/196549.
Hill, C A, & Livingston, D E. Chemical analyses of rocks, minerals, and detritus, Yucca Mountain--Preliminary report, special report No. 11. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/196549
Hill, C A, and Livingston, D E. 1993. "Chemical analyses of rocks, minerals, and detritus, Yucca Mountain--Preliminary report, special report No. 11". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/196549. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/196549.
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title = {Chemical analyses of rocks, minerals, and detritus, Yucca Mountain--Preliminary report, special report No. 11},
author = {Hill, C A and Livingston, D E},
abstractNote = {This chemical analysis study is part of the research program of the Yucca Mountain Project intended to provide the State of Nevada with a detailed assessment of the geology and geochemistry of Yucca Mountain and adjacent regions. This report is preliminary in the sense that more chemical analyses may be needed in the future and also in the sense that these chemical analyses should be considered as a small part of a much larger geological data base. The interpretations discussed herein may be modified as that larger data base is examined and established. All of the chemical analyses performed to date are shown in Table 1. There are three parts to this table: (1) trace element analyses on rocks (limestone and tuff) and minerals (calcite/opal), (2) rare earth analyses on rocks (tuff) and minerals (calcite/opal), and (3) major element analyses + CO{sub 2} on rocks (tuff) and detritus sand. In this report, for each of the three parts of the table, the data and its possible significance will be discussed first, then some overall conclusions will be made, and finally some recommendations for future work will be offered.},
doi = {10.2172/196549},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/196549}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}