Publications
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Geohydrologic reconnaissance of Lake Mead National Recreation Area — Virgin River, Nevada, to Grand Wash Cliffs, Arizona
No abstract available.
Authors
J. T. Bales, R. L. Laney
Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
A commercial disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste has been in operation near Beatty, Nevada, since 1962. The facility is in the arid Amargosa Desert where wastes are buried in trenches excavated into unsaturated alluvial sediments. Thick unsaturated zones in arid environments offer many potential advantages for disposal of radioactive wastes, but little is known about the natural move
Authors
Jeffrey M. Fischer
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1989
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1989. Data were collected in support of ongoing studies to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature, relative h
Authors
J.L. Wood, Brian J. Andraski
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty/ Nevada, for calendar year 1988. Data were collected in support of ongoing studies to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature, relative h
Authors
James L. Wood, Kevin J. Hill, Brian J. Andraski
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1987. Data were collected in support of an ongoing study to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature, relative
Authors
James L. Wood, Jeffrey M. Fischer
Hydrologic and climatic data bases used to assess potential effects of climate change on water resources of American River, Carson River, and Truckee River basins, California-Nevada, and of Gunnison River basin, Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
M.H. August, J.M. Jacoboni, A.E. Jeton, R. S. Parker, Alex Pupacko, B. C. Ruddy, J. LaRue Smith, K.T. Redmond
Hydrogeologic data from selected wells and test holes in and adjacent to the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, through 1986
No abstract available.
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, C.S. Savard, M.E. Johnson, J.C. Stone
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1986
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1986. Data were collected in support of an ongoing study to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature, relative
Authors
James L. Wood, Jeffrey M. Fischer
Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1986-1990 (WRI 91-4084)
A low-level radioactive-waste disposal facility in the Amargosa Desert of Nevada, about 17 km southeast of Beatty and 169 km northwest of Las Vegas, has been operating since 1962. This was the first commercially operated radioactive waste disposal facility in the United States. Wastes at the facility are emplaced in 2 to 15-m deep trenches and covered by backfilling with previously excavated mater
Authors
Brian J. Andraski, Jeffrey M. Fisher, David E. Prudic
Change in the size of Walker Lake during the past 5000 years
In 1984, a 12-m sediment core (WLC84-8) was taken from the deepest part of Walker Lake. Samples of the core were analysed for diatoms, pollen, carbonate mineralogy, magnesium content, ??18O and ??13C values of the total inorganic fractin, ??18O and ??13C values of Limnocythere ceriotuberosa, ??13C values of the total organic fraction, grain size, and magnetic susceptibility. The data indicate that
Authors
L. V. Benson, P.A. Meyers, R. J. Spencer
Shallow ground water in the Whitney area, southeastern Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, part I. Description of chemical quality, 1986-87
No abstract available.
Authors
D. H. Emme, David E. Prudic
Changes in water levels and water quality in shallow ground water, Pittman-Henderson Area, Clark County, Nevada, resulting from diversion of industrial cooling water from ditch to pipeline in 1985
No abstract available.
Authors
C.L. Carlsen, R.C. Lunnis, David E. Prudic