Crystalline rocks of the northeastern United States

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6815128

Harrison, W; Flower, M; Sood, M; Tisue, M; Edgar, D

This report is a compendium of the available information on exposed crystalline rocks in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, northeastern New York (Adirondack Mountains), Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, southeastern New York, northern New Jersey, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Crystalline rocks are defined in this report as bodies of medium- and coarse-grained igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. The study was undertaken to provide background information to assist in evaluating the geologic suitability of such rocks for isolating high-level radioactive waste. Available information describing the size, shape, and location; relative and absolute age; origin; petrography; secondary intrusions; country rock; structure; and geophysical characteristics is presented for each crystalline rock body in the study region that has an area of at least 78 km/sup 2/ (30 mi/sup 2/). 55 figures, 9 tables.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6815128
• Report Number(s): ANL/ES-137-Pt.1; ON: DE84013673
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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