Geology of Jackass Flats Quadrangle, Nevada Test Site, Nevada (open access)

Geology of Jackass Flats Quadrangle, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

This is a map of the geology of Jackass Flats quadrangle.
Date: December 1963
Creator: McKay, Edward J. & Williams, W. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground Roughness Effects on the Energy and Angular Distribution of Gamma Radiation From Fallout (open access)

Ground Roughness Effects on the Energy and Angular Distribution of Gamma Radiation From Fallout

Report examining "[t]he effect of ground roughness, or surface irregularities, on the radiation field above ground which had been contaminated with fallout from the explosion in the atmosphere of a nuclear device (Smallboy Event)" (p. v).
Date: December 1963
Creator: Huddleston, C. M.; Burson, Z. G.; Kinkaid, R. M. & Klingler, Q. G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preshot and Postshot Structure Survey (open access)

Preshot and Postshot Structure Survey

From introduction: This report documents the preshot and postshot condition of all structures within 10 miles of Ground Zero, plus structures at Salt Wells and surface structures at mines that were included in the mine survey.
Date: December 1963
Creator: Holmes & Narver
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structural Survey of Private Mining Properties (open access)

Structural Survey of Private Mining Properties

From introduction: The pre-shot and postshot mine surveys indicated that no damage attributable to the Shoal event occurred to any of the sixteen private mining properties.
Date: December 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outline of the Geology of the U12i and the U12i.01 Tunnels and Lithology of the U12i.01 Drill Hole, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Outline of the Geology of the U12i and the U12i.01 Tunnels and Lithology of the U12i.01 Drill Hole, Nevada Test Site

The following report summarizes descriptive geological and lithological data for the U12i tunnel system in the Nevada test site.
Date: November 1963
Creator: Bowers, W. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outline of the geology of the U12i and U12i.01 tunnels and lithology of the U12i.01 drill hole, Nevada test site (open access)

Outline of the geology of the U12i and U12i.01 tunnels and lithology of the U12i.01 drill hole, Nevada test site

A report outlining the geology of the U12i and U12i.01 tunnels and the lithology of the U12i.01 drill hole, located at a Nevada test site. Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Date: November 1963
Creator: Bowers, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Scooter: Final Report, October 1963 (open access)

Project Scooter: Final Report, October 1963

From abstract: This report includes results of studies of crater dimension, throwout material distribution, ground motion, dust cloud growth, and long-range air blast.
Date: October 1963
Creator: Perret, William R.; Chabai, Albert J.; Reed, Jack W. & Vortman, Luke J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of the Ground-Water Hydrology of the Area Between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada: with Special Reference to the Effects of Possible New Withdrawals of Ground Water (open access)

A Summary of the Ground-Water Hydrology of the Area Between the Las Vegas Valley and the Amargosa Desert, Nevada: with Special Reference to the Effects of Possible New Withdrawals of Ground Water

Introduction: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is considering the establishment of a townsite in the vicinity of Mercury, Nevada, to facilitate operations at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station on the Nevada Test Site.
Date: September 1963
Creator: Winograd, Isaac Judah
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction (open access)

Ground-Water Test Well 2, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Abstract: Ground-water test well 2 was drilled to a depth of 3,422 feet with rotary and cable tool drilling equipment.
Date: July 18, 1963
Creator: Moore, John E.; Doyle, Alan C.; Walker, George E.; Young, Richard A. & Carroll, Roderick D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Hydrology of a Part of Southern Nevada: a Reconnaissance (open access)

Regional Hydrology of a Part of Southern Nevada: a Reconnaissance

From introduction: This report summarizes the available hydrologic information for a part of Nevada surrounding the Nevada Test Site. It emphasizes the possibility that ground water may move from one basin to another, whereas the usual concept heretofore has been that the ground water of the region generally occurs in basins that are closed or nearly closed.
Date: July 1963
Creator: Eakin, Thomas E.; Schoff, Stuart L. & Cohen, Philip
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.07 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Interim Geological Investigations in the U12e.07 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

From abstract: This report is on the geologic studies in the U12e.07 tunnel for the purpose of determining the structural features, lithographic character, chemical composition, and physical properties of the tuff exposed in the tunnel.
Date: April 1963
Creator: Hasler, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Outline of the Geology of the U12b.10 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Outline of the Geology of the U12b.10 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This report briefly describes the geological data of the U12b.10 tunnel at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: February 27, 1963
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Snyder, R. P. & Bowers, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Radiation Measurements in Conventional Structures: Part 2. Comparison of Measurements in Above-Ground and Below-Ground Structures From Simulated and Actual Fallout Radiation (open access)

Experimental Radiation Measurements in Conventional Structures: Part 2. Comparison of Measurements in Above-Ground and Below-Ground Structures From Simulated and Actual Fallout Radiation

Report concerning the protection offered against radioactive fallout offered by two types of structures at the Nevada Test Site. Differences between above ground and underground structures are measured and compared to data taken from actual fallout conditions.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Burson, Z. G. (Zolin G.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Average Physical Properties of Tuff in the Vicinity of Ground Zero, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Average Physical Properties of Tuff in the Vicinity of Ground Zero, U12g.01 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This report presents the physical properties of tuff in the vicinity of the U12g.01 tunnel at the Nevada Test Site based off of two previous Technical Letters on the tunnel: Technical Letter: Area 12-1, and Technical Letter 12-1, Supplement 1.
Date: January 11, 1963
Creator: Emerick, W. L.; Snyder, R. P. & Hoover, D. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ordovician Graptolites of the Basin Ranges in California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho (open access)

Ordovician Graptolites of the Basin Ranges in California, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho

From introduction: This report presents a summary of the graptolite faunas of the Basin Ranges as known from the collections of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Departments of Geology of the University of California at Los Angeles and Utah State University. The collections were made in the period 1872-1958, but only a very small number of specimens have been described or illustrated in the 80 or so years elapsed.
Date: 1963
Creator: Ross, Reuben James, Jr. & Berry, William B. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam, Arizona-Nevada (open access)

Reconnaissance Geology Between Lake Mead and Davis Dam, Arizona-Nevada

From introduction: The present study was undertaken to extend and supplement a mapping program covering several ranges north and northwest of Lake Mead.
Date: 1963
Creator: Longwell, Chester R.
System: The UNT Digital Library