| Abstract: | Ten wells in the Yucca Mountain area of southern Nevada have been sampled for chemical analysis. Samples were obtained during pumping of water from the entire well bore (composite sample) and in one instance by pumping water from a single isolated interval in well UE-25b number 1. Sodium is the most abundant cation and bicarbonate the most abundant anion in all water samples. Although the general chemical compositions of individual samples are similar, there are significant differences in uncorrected carbon-14 age and in inorganic and stable-isotope composition. Flow surveys of seven wells performed using iodine-131 as a tracer indicate that groundwater production is usually from one or more discrete zones of permeability. (Author ‘s abstract) |
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| ProdID: | 16969 |
| Citation Author: | Benson, L. V.; Robison, J. H.; Blankennagel, R. K.; Ogard, A. L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 23 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 83-854 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Chemical composition of ground water and the locations of permeable zones in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada; 1983; OFR; 83-854; Benson, L. V.; Robison, J. H.; Blankennagel, R. K.; Ogard, A. L. |
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| Text: | Chemical composition of ground water and the locations of permeable zones in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada; 1983; OFR; 83-854; Benson, L. V.; Robison, J. H.; Blankennagel, R. K.; Ogard, A. L. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1983/0854/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
