GEOLOGIC SUMMARY OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN, WITH REFERENCE TO THE SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE SOLUTIONS
The Appalachian basin is an elongate depression in the crystalline basement complex which contains a great volume of predominantly sedimentary stratified rocks. As defined in this paper it extends from the Adirondack Mountains in New York to Central Alabama. From east to west it extends from the west flank of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the crest of the Findlay and Cincinnati arches and the Nashville dome. It encompasses an area of about 207,000 square miles, including all of West Virgibia and parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ceorgia, and Alabama. The waste-disposal possibilities of the stratified rocks in the Appalachian basin are considered in terms of the gross lithology of the sequences, general lithology of the rock units composing the sequences, and the structural attitude of the sequences in different parts of the basin. The degree of exploitation of economically significant mineral resources is considered briefly where such exploitation may affect waste-disposal possibilities. Hydrologic aspects are not in general considered. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-015001
- OSTI ID:
- 4793185
- Report Number(s):
- TEI-791
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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