Brian Andraski
Science and Products
Soil-water movement under natural-site and waste-site conditions: A multiple-year field study in the Mojave Desert, Nevada
Soil-water movement under natural-site and simulated waste-site conditions were compared by monitoring four experimental sites in the Mojave Desert, Nevada, during a 5-year period: one vegetated soil profile, one soil profile where vegetation was removed, and two nonvegetated test trenches. Precipitation ranged from 14 to 162 mm/yr. Temporal...
Andraski, Brian J. Test-trench studies in the Amargosa Desert, southern Nevada: Results and application of information to landfill covers in arid environments
As arid sites in the western United States are increasingly sought for disposal of the Nation's hazardous wastes and as volumes of locally generated wastes increase, concern about the potential effect of contaminants on environmental quality is being raised. Studies at the U.S. Geological Survey's Amargosa Desert research site near Beatty, Nevada...
Reynolds, Timothy D.; Morris, Randall C.; Andraski, Brian J. Properties and variability of soil and trench fill at an arid waste-burial site
Arid sites commonly are assumed to be ideal for long-term isolation of wastes. Information on properties and variability of desert soils is limited, however, and little is known about how the natural site environment is altered by installation of a waste facility. During fall construction of two test trenches next to the waste facility on the...
Andraski, Brian J.
Waste burial in arid environments - Application of Information from a field laboratory in the Mojave Desert, Southern Nevada
Because of the potentially harmful effect of improper waste disposal on water resources in the arid West, comprehensive laboratory and field studies are critical to identifying likely contaminant-release pathways and the potential for waste migration at arid sites. However, the quandary for those charged with assessment of the suitability of...
Andraski, Brian J.; Prudic, David E.; Nichols, William D.
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar years 1990 and 1991
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar years 1990 and 1991. 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...
Wood, James L.; Andraski, Brian J. Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three western desert sites
Radioactive and hazardous waste landfills exist at numerous desert locations in the USA. At these locations, annual precipitation is low and soils are generally dry, yet little is known about recharge of water and transport of contaminants to the water table. Recent water balance measurements made at three desert locations, Las Cruces, NM, Beatty...
Gee, G.W.; Wierenga, P.J.; Andraski, Brian J.; Young, M.H.; Fayer, M.J.; Rockhold, M.L.
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...
Wood, James L.; Hill, Kevin J.; Andraski, Brian J.
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...
Wood, J.L.; Andraski, Brian J. Balloon and core sampling for determining bulk density of alluvial desert soil
Samples were collected from major strata in the upper 5 m of an alluvial soil profile in the Amargosa Desert of southern Nevada to compare rubber-balloon and drive-core bulk-density measurement methods. For strate where the fine soil was <82% sand and <15% clay, differences between total and fine-soil bulk-density values determined by the...
Andraski, Brian J. 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...
Trask, N.J.; Stevens, P.R.; Andraski, Brian J.; Fisher, Jeffrey M.; Prudic, David E. Water movement and trench stability at a simulated arid burial site for low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nevada
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