Status report on the geology of the Oak Ridge Reservation
- Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Geological Sciences
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Lietzke (David A.), Rutledge, TN (United States)
- McMaster (William M.), Heiskell, TN (United States)
This report provides an introduction to the present state of knowledge of the geology of the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) and a cursory introduction to the hydrogeology. An important element of this work is the construction of a modern detailed geologic map of the ORR (Plate 1), which remains in progress. An understanding of the geologic framework of the ORR is essential to many current and proposed activities related to land-use planning, waste management, environmental restoration, and waste remediation. Therefore, this report is also intended to convey the present state of knowledge of the geologic and geohydrologic framework of the ORR and vicinity and to present some of the available data that provide the basic framework for additional geologic mapping, subsurface geologic, and geohydrologic studies. In addition, some recently completed, detailed work on soils and other surficial materials is included because of the close relationships to bedrock geology and the need to recognize the weathered products of bedrock units. Weathering processes also have some influence on hydrologic systems and processes at depth.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10131622
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-12074; ON: DE93007798
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3860; PBD: Oct 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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