Digital geologic maps and airborne geophysical maps: Applications to environmental restoration on the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee

Conference · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:6886108

Lemiszki, P J; Hatcher, Jr, R D ^[1]; Nyquist, J E; Beard, L P; Thompson, B K ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Geological Sciences
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.

The US Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) is a 143 km[sup 2] area in the western part of the southern Appalachian foreland fold-thrust belt. As a result of activities at the site, nonhazardous, hazardous, radioactive, and mixed wastes have been stored, treated, and disposed of at various locations. Restoration plans for both known and potential areas of groundwater contamination require an understanding of groundwater flow pathways, flow rates, and discharge points. The area has thus been the focus of numerous geologic, geophysical, and hydrologic studies designed to characterize the groundwater flow system. Here the authors present results and some applications of geologic mapping and an airborne geophysical survey of the ORR.

• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6886108
• Report Number(s): CONF-9404221-; CODEN: GAAPBC
• Journal Information: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States), Vol. 26:4; Conference: 43. annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Blacksburg, VA (United States), 7-8 Apr 1994; ISSN 0016-7592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
AQUIFERS
FLOW MODELS
HYDROLOGY
MAPPING
OAK RIDGE RESERVATION
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
CONTAMINATION
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
TENNESSEE
WATER POLLUTION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
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580000* - Geosciences
540250 - Environment
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540230 - Environment
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220501 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Environmental Aspects- Siting