Southeastern Regional geologic characterization report. Volume 1. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5353799

This report presents available geologic information pertinent to siting a repository for high-level nuclear waste in crystalline rock in central Maryland; noncoastal Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina; and northern Georgia. For each of the states within the Southeastern Region, information is provided on the geological disqualifying factor and the geologic regional screening variables to be used in region-to-area screening. The geological factor and variables include deep mines and quarries, rock mass extent, postemplacement faulting, suspected Quaternary faulting, seismicity, rock and mineral resources, major ground-water discharge zones, ground-water resources, state of stress, thickness of rock mass, and thickness of overburden. Information is presented on the age, areal extent, shape, composition, texture, degree and type of alteration, thickness, and structural features associated with each rock body or complex. Regional seismic and tectonic information is presented, including patterns of earthquake occurrence, earthquake magnitudes, horizontal ground accelerations, and vertical crustal movements. Also included are discussions of the rock and mineral deposits or mines located within or near crystalline bodies; ground-water resources and regional hydrology; postulated changes in climate and the associated effects; and landforms, surface processes, and surficial materials on or near the rock bodies.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Argonne, IL (USA). Office of Crystalline Repository Development
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10139
• OSTI ID: 5353799
• Report Number(s): DOE/CH-6(1)-Final; ON: DE86000409
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DATA
DATA COMPILATION
FEDERAL REGION III
FEDERAL REGION IV
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOLOGY
GEORGIA
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
IGNEOUS ROCKS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MARYLAND
MATERIALS
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH CAROLINA
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RESOURCES
ROCKS
SCREENING
SEISMICITY
SITE SELECTION
SOUTH CAROLINA
TECTONICS
USA
VIRGINIA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER RESOURCES