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Title: Hydrogeologic characterization of the cretaceous-tertiary Coastal Plain sequence at the Savannah River Site

Abstract

Several hydrostratigraphic classification schemes have been devised to describe the hydrogeology at the Savannah River Site SRS. Central to these schemes is the one-to-one fixed relationship between the hydrostratigraphic units and the lithostratigraphic units currently favored for the Site. This fixed relationship has proven difficult to apply in studies of widely separated locations at the Site due to the various facies observed in the updip Coastal Plain sequence. A detailed analysis and synthesis of the geophysical, core, and hydrologic data available from more than 164 deep wells from 23 cluster locations both on the Site and in the surrounding region was conducted to provide the basis for a hydrostratigraphic classification scheme which could be applied to the entire SRS region. As a result, an interim hydrostratigraphic classification was developed that defines the regional hydrogeologic characteristics of the aquifers underlying the Site (Aadland et al., 1990). The hydrostratigraphic code accounts for and accommodates the rapid lateral variation in lithofacies observed in the region, and eliminates all formal'' connection between the hydrostratigraphic nomenclature and the lithostratigraphic nomenclature. The code is robust and can be made as detailed as is needed to characterize the aquifer units and aquifer zones described in Site-specific studies.more » 15 refs., 2 figs.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE/DP
OSTI Identifier:
6250054
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-90-282; CONF-9011173-2
ON: DE91006521
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-89SR18035
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on coastal plains geology, Hilton Head, SC (USA), 6-11 Nov 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AQUIFERS; CLASSIFICATION; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; DRILL CORES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GROUND WATER; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY PERIOD; CENOZOIC ERA; GEOLOGIC AGES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MESOZOIC ERA; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SURVEYS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WATER; 580000* - Geosciences; 540250 - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-); 540350 - Environment, Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)

Citation Formats

Aadland, R K. Hydrogeologic characterization of the cretaceous-tertiary Coastal Plain sequence at the Savannah River Site. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Aadland, R K. Hydrogeologic characterization of the cretaceous-tertiary Coastal Plain sequence at the Savannah River Site. United States.
Aadland, R K. 1990. "Hydrogeologic characterization of the cretaceous-tertiary Coastal Plain sequence at the Savannah River Site". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6250054.
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abstractNote = {Several hydrostratigraphic classification schemes have been devised to describe the hydrogeology at the Savannah River Site SRS. Central to these schemes is the one-to-one fixed relationship between the hydrostratigraphic units and the lithostratigraphic units currently favored for the Site. This fixed relationship has proven difficult to apply in studies of widely separated locations at the Site due to the various facies observed in the updip Coastal Plain sequence. A detailed analysis and synthesis of the geophysical, core, and hydrologic data available from more than 164 deep wells from 23 cluster locations both on the Site and in the surrounding region was conducted to provide the basis for a hydrostratigraphic classification scheme which could be applied to the entire SRS region. As a result, an interim hydrostratigraphic classification was developed that defines the regional hydrogeologic characteristics of the aquifers underlying the Site (Aadland et al., 1990). The hydrostratigraphic code accounts for and accommodates the rapid lateral variation in lithofacies observed in the region, and eliminates all formal'' connection between the hydrostratigraphic nomenclature and the lithostratigraphic nomenclature. The code is robust and can be made as detailed as is needed to characterize the aquifer units and aquifer zones described in Site-specific studies. 15 refs., 2 figs.},
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