Basis for predition of denudation and erosion in central Kansas. [Estimate of likelihood that erosion by the Arkansas River will expose the Hutchison salt member, control Kansas, during next million years]

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:7254547

Stewart, G F

A nuclear-waste repository has been proposed for construction within the Hutchinson Salt Member, Wellington Formation (Permian, Guadalupian), at depths of about 1000 feet (300 m) near Lyons, Rice County, central Kansas. One millions years hence was defined as the period of concern, during which the nuclear waste would degenerate to a state harmless to life. The objective of the research was to estimate the likelihood that erosion by the Arkansas River and some tributaries would expose the Hutchinson Salt Member at or near the proposed repository site within the period of concern. Results of the several lines of inquiry led to the conclusion that stream erosion will not unroof the Hutchinson Salt Member at or near the repository within the next 1 million years.

• Research Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 7254547
• Report Number(s): ORNL/SUB-3454
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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