Lithological and hydrological characteristics of the tertiary hydrostratigraphic systems of the general separations area at the Savannah River Site

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6224252

Aadland, R K ^[1]; Harris, M K; Westbrook, T M ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
2. Dames and Moore, Atlanta, GA (USA)

The General Separations Area (GSA) is an approximately 15-square-mile area near the geographic center of the Savannah River Site (SRS). The SRS is located in the Upper Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic province of South Carolina on the Aiken Plateau at an elevation of approximately 300 feet above mean sea level. The sedimentary sequence of the GSA comprises unconsolidated sediments ranging in age from Cretaceous to Holocene with isolated zones of consolidated sediments. The Tertiary sediments are composed of sand, silt, clay, and calcareous materials of varying composition. The alpha-numeric hydrostratigraphic nomenclature proposed by Aadland (1990) is used herein. The Tertiary-age lithostratigraphic sequence at the GSA is composed predominantly of terrigenous clastics interspersed with carbonate-rich clastics and limestones. The calcareous lithologies are discontinuous and divided into a lower and upper zone. 15 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 6224252
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-90-281; CONF-9011173-1; ON: DE91006522
• Resource Relation: Conference: Conference on coastal plains geology, Hilton Head, SC (USA), 6-11 Nov 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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