Digitally Available Interval-Specific Rock-Sample Data Compiled from Historical Records, Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye County, Nevada

David B. Wood

关键词: AVAILABILITY;    BOREHOLES;    FRACTURES;    GEOLOGIC SURVEYS;    HYDRAULICS;    MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;    MERCURY;    NEVADA TEST SITE;    NUCLEAR WEAPONS;    TESTING;    WATER TABLES Nevada Test Site;    Nye County;    rock samples;    rock properties;    lithologic descriptions;    fracture characteristics;    hydraulic properties;   

DOI  :  10.2172/965976
RP-ID  :  DS 297, Version 2
PID  :  OSTI ID: 965976
Others  :  TRN: US200922%%241

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

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.