| Abstract: | An informal, revised lithostratigraphic framework for the southern Yucca Mountain area, Nevada has been developed to accommodate new information derived from subsurface investigations of the Nye County Early Warning Drilling Program. Lithologies penetrated by recently drilled boreholes at locations between Stagecoach Road and Highway 95 in southern Nye County include Quaternary and Pliocene alluvium and alluvial breccia, Miocene pyroclastic flow deposits, Miocene intercalated lacustrine siltstone and claystone sequences, early Miocene to Oligocene pre-volcanic sedimentary rocks, and Paleozoic strata. Of the 37 boreholes currently drilled, 21 boreholes have sufficient depth, spatial distribution, or traceable pyroclastic flow, pyroclastic fall, and reworked tuff deposits to aid in the lateral correlation of lithostrata. Medial and distal parts of regional pyroclastic flow deposits of Miocene age can be correlated with the Timber Mountain, Paintbrush, Crater Flat, and Tram Ridge Groups. Rocks intercalated between these regional pyroclastic flow deposits are substantially thicker than in the central part of Yucca Mountain, particularly near the downthrown side of major faults and along the southern extent of exposures at Yucca Mountain. |
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| Citation Author: | Spengler, R. W.; Byers, F. M.; Dickerson, R. P. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | A revised lithostratigraphic framework for the southern Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada; 2006; Conference Paper; Proceedings of the 11th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM; Spengler, R. W.; Byers, F. M.; Dickerson, R. P. |
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| Citation Volume: | 2006 |
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| Text: | A revised lithostratigraphic framework for the southern Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada; 2006; Conference Paper; Proceedings of the 11th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM; Spengler, R. W.; Byers, F. M.; Dickerson, R. P. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:00 -0600 |
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