Lithological and hydrological characteristics of the tertiary hydrostratigraphic systems of the general separations area at the Savannah River Site

Lithological and hydrological characteristics of the tertiary hydrostratigraphic systems of the general separations area at the Savannah River Site [electronic resource]

The General Separations Area (GSA) is an approximately 15-square-mile area near the geographic center of the Savannah River Site (SRS). The SRS is located in the Upper Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic province of South Carolina on the Aiken Plateau at an elevation of approximately 300 feet above...

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Corporate Authors: Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Researcher), United States. Department of Energy. Savannah River Site (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1990.
Subjects:
Us Aec.
Stratigraphy.
Us Organizations.
Us Doe.
Savannah River Plant.
Geology.
Tertiary Period.
Hydrology.
National Organizations.
Sediments.
Aquifers.
Site Characterization.
Geologic Ages.
Hydraulic Conductivity.
Sand.
Us Erda.
Lithology.
Clays.
Cenozoic Era.
Geosciences.
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Summary:The General Separations Area (GSA) is an approximately 15-square-mile area near the geographic center of the Savannah River Site (SRS). The SRS is located in the Upper Atlantic Coastal Plain physiographic province of South Carolina on the Aiken Plateau at an elevation of approximately 300 feet above mean sea level. The sedimentary sequence of the GSA comprises unconsolidated sediments ranging in age from Cretaceous to Holocene with isolated zones of consolidated sediments. The Tertiary sediments are composed of sand, silt, clay, and calcareous materials of varying composition. The alpha-numeric hydrostratigraphic nomenclature proposed by Aadland (1990) is used herein. The Tertiary-age lithostratigraphic sequence at the GSA is composed predominantly of terrigenous clastics interspersed with carbonate-rich clastics and limestones. The calcareous lithologies are discontinuous and divided into a lower and upper zone. 15 refs., 2 figs.
Item Description:Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information.
01/01/1990.
"wsrc-ms-90-281"
" conf-9011173--1"
"DE91006522"
Conference on coastal plains geology, Hilton Head, SC (USA), 6-11 Nov 1990.
Harris, M.K.; Aadland, R.K.; Westbrook, T.M.
Physical Description:Pages: (10 p) : digital, PDF file.

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