Schlumberger soundings and geolectric cross-sections in Yucca Lake, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6337772
In 1977, the U.S. Geological Survey made fifty two (52) symmetric Schlumberger resistivity soundings in the Yucca Lake area, Nevada Test Site, Nevada. The purpose of the survey was to study the five large cracks that have opened successively, in the lake deposits, from pre-1950 to 1969. The results of the study indicate that: (1) There are no large gravel deposits near the open cracks. (2) It is easy to determine the thickness of the lake deposits with the Schlumberger sounding method. (3) There is strong evidence for the presence of faults in the NNW-SSE direction. (4) There is evidence for faults in the ENE-WSW direction; they are located in the vicinity of the cracks. Computer-generated geoelectric sections depicting contours of interpreted true resistivities in ohm-meters are shown. A map shows the location of inferred faults in the electric basement. The appendix contains the sounding curves obtained.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-A-08-0474
- OSTI ID:
- 6337772
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-79-220
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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