Development and testing of techniques to obtain infiltration data for unconsolidated surficial materials, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
- Foothill Engineering Consultants, Inc., Denver, CO (United States)
- USGS, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- USGS, Sacramento, CA (United States)
Measurements of surface infiltration at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, a potential site for a high-level nuclear-waste repository, are needed to determine spatial variability of hydrologic properties for a wide variety of skeletal desert soils. This report describes and evaluates existing instruments and methods to measure infiltration capacities and their appropriateness for determining hydrologic properties on Yucca Mountain. The report also presents preliminary infiltration data and estimated measurements of saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity and describes the methods used to collect the data.
- Research Organization:
- US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States). Yucca Mountain Project Branch
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USGS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-97NV12033
- OSTI ID:
- 769583
- Report Number(s):
- USGS/OFR--95-154
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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