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Title: Complete Bouguer gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nevada

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/60665· OSTI ID:60665

About 15,000 gravity stations were used to create the gravity map. Gravity studies at the Nevada Test Site were undertaken to help locate geologically favorable areas for underground nuclear tests and to help characterize potential high-level nuclear waste storage sites. 48 refs. (TEM)

Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-78ET44802
OSTI ID:
60665
Report Number(s):
USGS-OFR-87-506; ON: TI89007464
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English