Slingram survey on the Nevada Test Site: part of an integrated geologic-geophysical study of site evaluation for nuclear waste disposal
A slingram geophysical survey was made in early 1978 as part of the integrated geological-geophysical study aimed at evaluating the Eleana Formation as a possible repository for nuclear waste. The slingram data were taken over an alluvial fan and pediments along the eastern flank of Syncline Ridge about 45 km north of Mercury, Nevada, on the Nevada Test Site. The data show that the more conductive argillaceous Eleana Formation varies in depth from 40 to 85 m from west to east along traverse lines. Northeast-trending linear anomalies suggest rather abrupt changes in subsurface geology that may be associated with faults and fractures. The results of the slingram survey will, when interpreted in the light of other geologic and geophysical evidence, assist in understanding the shallow parts of the geologic setting of the Eleana Formation.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-78ET44802
- OSTI ID:
- 59819
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR--79-277; ON: DE86008366
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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