Bedrock geologic map of the Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (US)
- Pacific Western Technologies, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, has been identified as a potential site for underground storage of high-level radioactive nuclear waste. Detailed bedrock geologic maps form an integral part of the site characterization program by providing the fundamental framework for research into the geologic hazards and hydrologic behavior of the mountain. This bedrock geologic map provides the geologic framework and structural setting for the area in and adjacent to the site of the potential repository. The study area comprises the northern and central parts of Yucca Mountain, located on the southern flank of the Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex, which was the source for many of the volcanic units in the area. The Timber Mountain-Oasis Valley caldera complex is part of the Miocene southwestern Nevada volcanic field, which is within the Walker Lane belt. This tectonic belt is a northwest-striking megastructure lying between the more active Inyo-Mono and Basin-and-Range subsections o f the southwestern Great Basin.
- Research Organization:
- U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-92NV10874
- OSTI ID:
- 296649
- Report Number(s):
- MAP-I-2627; ON: DE99000915; TRN: US0300304
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Supercedes report DE99000915; DN: Pamphlet to accompany Geologic Investigations Series I-2627 is included; PBD: 1998; PBD: 1 Nov 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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