Correlation characteristics of surficial deposits with a description of surficial stratigraphy in the Nevada test site region
Surficial deposits in the Nevada Test Site region have been correlated between valleys using correlation characteristics. Correlation characteristics include topography, drainage, topographic relationships, soils, desert pavement, depositional environment, and lithology. Stratigraphic units include Pliocene or Pleistocene debris flows, Pliocene or Pleistocene lakebeds, bedded gravels, and spring deposits, and two Quaternary fluvial and eolian units. The Pliocene or Pleistocene debris flows and the two Quaternary units are separated by regional unconformities. Each of the Quaternary units contains five subunits. The Bishop ash and several radiometric dates have been used to determine the age of the Quaternary units.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-78ET44802
- OSTI ID:
- 59625
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/44802--T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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