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Title: Classification of hydrostratigraphic units at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina

Abstract

A detailed synthesis of the hydrologic, geophysical and core data from wells penetrating the updip Mesozoic-Cenozoic Coastal Plain sequence at and near the Savannah River Site (SRS) was conducted to define and classify the hydrostratigraphic units. The purpose of the study was to give the SRS a single unified hydrostratigraphic classification that defines and addresses the hydrogeologic characteristics of the aquifers underlying the site. The characterization, areal distribution and classification of the aquifer and aquifer systems gives SRS the tools to evaluate ground water movement and contaminant transport in a comprehensive regional context. An alpha-numeric nomenclature has been temporarily adopted in this report for classifying the aquifers and aquifer systems at SRS. Formal geographic names for the aquifers and aquifer systems will be proposed in the near future but must be agreed upon and ratified by the South Carolina Hydrostratigraphic Subcommittee which was in part organized for the purpose. The classification utilizes a hierarchy of terms ranked at three levels: Aquifer Systems that transmit ground water regionally; Aquifer Units which are mappable units > 400 square miles in area; and Aquifer Zones that differentiate aquifers internally on the basis of locally significant characteristics.

Authors:
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Research Org.:
Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5716827
Report Number(s):
WSRC-RP-90-987
ON: DE92009802
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HYDROLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; AQUIFERS; STRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL REGIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; GEOLOGY; MAPS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WELLS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; VARIATIONS; 540250* - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)

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Aadland, R.K., and Bledsoe, H.W.. Classification of hydrostratigraphic units at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. United States: N. p., 1990. Web. doi:10.2172/5716827.
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Aadland, R.K., & Bledsoe, H.W.. Classification of hydrostratigraphic units at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. United States. doi:10.2172/5716827.
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Aadland, R.K., and Bledsoe, H.W.. Sat . "Classification of hydrostratigraphic units at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina". United States. doi:10.2172/5716827. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5716827.
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title = {Classification of hydrostratigraphic units at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina},
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abstractNote = {A detailed synthesis of the hydrologic, geophysical and core data from wells penetrating the updip Mesozoic-Cenozoic Coastal Plain sequence at and near the Savannah River Site (SRS) was conducted to define and classify the hydrostratigraphic units. The purpose of the study was to give the SRS a single unified hydrostratigraphic classification that defines and addresses the hydrogeologic characteristics of the aquifers underlying the site. The characterization, areal distribution and classification of the aquifer and aquifer systems gives SRS the tools to evaluate ground water movement and contaminant transport in a comprehensive regional context. An alpha-numeric nomenclature has been temporarily adopted in this report for classifying the aquifers and aquifer systems at SRS. Formal geographic names for the aquifers and aquifer systems will be proposed in the near future but must be agreed upon and ratified by the South Carolina Hydrostratigraphic Subcommittee which was in part organized for the purpose. The classification utilizes a hierarchy of terms ranked at three levels: Aquifer Systems that transmit ground water regionally; Aquifer Units which are mappable units > 400 square miles in area; and Aquifer Zones that differentiate aquifers internally on the basis of locally significant characteristics.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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