| Abstract: | Between 1951 and 1992, underground nuclear weapons testing was conducted at 828 sites on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada. Prior to and following these nuclear tests, holes were drilled and mined to collect rock samples. These samples are organized and stored by depth of borehole or drift at the U.S. Geological Survey Core Library and Data Center at Mercury, Nevada, on the Nevada Test Site. From these rock samples, rock properties were analyzed and interpreted and compiled into project files and in published reports that are maintained at the Core Library and at the U.S. Geological Survey office in Henderson, Nevada. These rock-sample data include lithologic descriptions, physical and mechanical properties, and fracture characteristics. Hydraulic properties also were compiled from holes completed in the water table. Rock samples are irreplaceable because pre-test, in-place conditions cannot be recreated and samples cannot be recollected from the many holes destroyed by testing. Documenting these data in a published report will ensure availability for future investigators. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 80603 |
| Citation Author: | Wood, David B. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Nevada Water Science Center |
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| Citation Edition: | Version 2.0, Revised Oct 2009 |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0373000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0363000 |
| Citation LonE: | -1154500 |
| Citation LonW: | -1164500 |
| Citation Month: | Nov |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 97 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office, Office of Environmental Management |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Data Series |
| Citation Series Code: | DS |
| Citation Series Number: | 297 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Digitally Available Interval-Specific Rock-Sample Data Compiled from Historical Records, Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye County, Nevada; 2007; DS; 297; Wood, David B. |
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| Citation Year: | 2007 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Digitally Available Interval-Specific Rock-Sample Data Compiled from Historical Records, Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye County, Nevada; 2007; DS; 297; Wood, David B. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/297/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
