Completion Report for Well ER-EC-15 Corrective Action Units 101 and 102: Central and Western Pahute Mesa

National Security Technologies, LLC

National Security Technologies, LLC

关键词: Calderas;    Nuclear Explosions;    Monitoring;    Hydrology;    Geologic Models;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1015230
RP-ID  :  DOE/NV--1449
RP-ID  :  DE-AC52-06NA25946
RP-ID  :  1015230

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Well ER-EC-15 was drilled for the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office in support of the Nevada Environmental Restoration Project at the Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Test Site), Nye County, Nevada. The well was drilled in October and November 2010, as part of the Pahute Mesa Phase II drilling program. The primary purpose of the well was to provide detailed hydrogeologic information in the Tertiary volcanic section in the area between Pahute Mesa and the Timber Mountain caldera complex that will help address uncertainties within the Pahute Mesa–Oasis Valley hydrostratigraphic model. In particular, the well was intended to help define the structural position and hydraulic parameters of volcanic aquifers potentially down-gradient from underground nuclear tests on Pahute Mesa. It may also be used as a long-term monitoring well.