Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data
Structures in the pre-Tertiary basement of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, are interpreted using the basement topography and basement gravity anomaly derived from an isostatic gravity inversion model. A new fault is proposed which eliminates some of the Paleozoic carbonate section just west of the Halfpint Range. Proposed faults that offset basement surface correlate closely with magnetic anomalies caused by the offset of Tertiary volcanic rocks.
- Research Organization:
- United States Geological Survey - Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Nevada Operations Office (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-96NV11967
- OSTI ID:
- 774494
- Report Number(s):
- USGS OFR 00-134; TRN: AH200109%%213
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Apr 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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