Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site
Open-File Report
82-973
By: John Harvey Sass and Arthur H. Lachenbruch
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Abstract
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 type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 82-973 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr82973 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 30 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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