Resistivity sounding investigation by the Schlumberger method in the Yucca Mountain and Jackass Flats area, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

Technical Report · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:59636

Senterfit, R M; Hoover, D B; Chornack, M

A Schlumberger resistivity survey was made in the west-central sector of the Nevada Test Site as part of an extensive program to assess and identify potential repositories for high-level nuclear waste. The survey area is located within the Topopah Spring 15-minute quadrangle. The intent of the survey was to determine the geoelectric characteristics of the area and to relate them to the thicknesses and horizontal continuity of lithologic units in the Yucca Mountain and Jackass Flats area, and to locate faulting within the survey area. A total of 29 soundings is included. The interpreted results of some of the 29 Schlumberger resistivity soundings indicate some lateral discontinuities which appear to be caused by vertical displacement due to faulting. Because the lithologic section in this survey area is composed primarily of ash-flow tuffs beneath alluvium, many of the lateral resistivity variations are probably caused by differences in amounts of clay and other fine-grained materials within the alluvium, variations of lithology within the volcanic rocks, and the effects of fracturing within the rock types.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States); Fenix and Scisson, Inc., Mercury, NV (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI08-78ET44802
• OSTI ID: 59636
• Report Number(s): USGS-OFR--82-1043; ON: DE83006231
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
NEVADA
NEVADA TEST SITE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RESISTIVITY SURVEYS
SITE SELECTION
TUFF
Yucca Mountain Project