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Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site

January 1, 1982
Analysis of data from 60 wells in and around the Nevada Test Site, including 16 in the Yucca Mountain area, indicates a thermal regime characterized by large vertical and lateral gradients in heat flow. Estimates of heat flow indicate considerable variation on both regional and local scales. The variations are attributable primarily to hydrologic processes involving interbasin flow with a vertical component of (seepage) velocity (volume flux) of a few mm/yr. Apart from indicating a general downward movement of water at a few mm/yr, the results from Yucca Mountain are as yet inconclusive.
Publication Year 1982
Title Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site
DOI 10.3133/ofr82973
Authors John Harvey Sass, Arthur H. Lachenbruch
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 82-973
Index ID ofr82973
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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