The Scattering of Thermal Radiation Into Open Underground Shelters (open access)

The Scattering of Thermal Radiation Into Open Underground Shelters

From Introduction: "The elimination of the burn hazard in shelters depends upon a separate, systematic investigation of each suspected agent. The purpose of the present investigation was to evaluate the contribution made by radiant energy and, if such contribution proved to be significant, to suggest means of eliminating this component."
Date: May 1959
Creator: Davis, T. P.; Miller, N. D.; Ely, T. S.; Basso, J. A. & Pearse, H. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Neotectonics of the southern Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada and Inyo County, California (open access)

Neotectonics of the southern Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada and Inyo County, California

A complex pattern of active faults occurs in the southern Amargosa Desert, southern Nye, County, Nevada. These faults can be grouped into three main fault systems: (1) a NE-striking zone of faults that forms the southwest extension of the left-lateral Rock Valley fault zone, in the much larger Spotted Range-Mine Mountain structural zone, (2) a N-striking fault zone coinciding with a NNW-trending alignment of springs that is either a northward continuation of a fault along the west side of the Resting Spring Range or a N-striking branch fault of the Pahrump fault system, and (3) a NW-striking fault zone which is parallel to the Pahrump fault system, but is offset approximately 5 km with a left step in southern Ash Meadows. These three fault zones suggest extension is occurring in an E-W direction, which is compatible with the {approximately}N10W structural grain prevalent in the Death Valley extensional region to the west.
Date: May 1, 1991
Creator: Donovan, D.E.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nevada test site water-supply wells (open access)

Nevada test site water-supply wells

A total of 15 water-supply wells are currently being used at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The purpose of this report is to bring together the information gleaned from investigations of these water-supply wells. This report should serve as a reference on well construction and completion, static water levels, lithologic and hydrologic characteristics of aquifers penetrated, and general water quality of water-supply wells at the NTS. Possible sources for contamination of the water-supply wells are also evaluated. Existing wells and underground nuclear tests conducted near (within 25 meters (m)) or below the water table within 2 kilometers (km) of a water-supply were located and their hydrogeologic relationship to the water-supply well determined.
Date: May 1, 1996
Creator: Gillespie, D.; Donithan, D. & Seaber, P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death Valley Expedition: A Biological Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Part 2 (open access)

The Death Valley Expedition: A Biological Survey of Parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, Part 2

Collection of reports on Death Valley, the bordering region of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Reports include birds, reptiles and Batrachians, fishes, insects, mollusks, trees and shrubs, cactuses and yuccas, and list of localities in the reports.
Date: May 31, 1893
Creator: Fisher, A. K.; Stejneger, Leonhard; Gilbert, Charles H.; Riley, C. V.; Stearns, R. E. C.; Merriam, C. Hart et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Levels in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada 1996 (open access)

Water Levels in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada 1996

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Date: May 8, 1998
Creator: United States. Department of Energy.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Dugout: Technical Director's Summary Report (open access)

Project Dugout: Technical Director's Summary Report

From abstract: Project Dugout was a chemical explosive row charge cratering experiment in hard rock conducted at the AEC Nevada Test Site as part of the Plowshare Program for development of nuclear excavation technology.
Date: May 10, 1965
Creator: Nordyke, M. D.; Terhune, R. W.; Rohrer, R. F.; Cauthen, L. J. & Spruill, J. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemistry and Movement of Ground Water, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Chemistry and Movement of Ground Water, Nevada Test Site

Introduction: The chemical character of ground water depends to a large degree upon the character of the rock formations through which the water moves. The composition of the water is the result of several solutional and decompositional processes.
Date: May 20, 1964
Creator: Schoff, Stuart L. & Moore, John E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Reconnaissance of the Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain Quandrangles, Nye County, Nevada

The Topopah Spring and Timber Mountain 15-minute quadrangles comprising about 500 square miles in southern Nye County, Nev., are bounded by longitudes 116°15' W. and 116°30' W. and by latitudes 36°45' N. and 37°15' N. (fig. 1) The quadrangles are mostly within the Nevada Test Site and are approximately 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas (fig. 1). Lathrop Wells, the nearest town, is about 10 miles south of the southern boundary of the Topopah Spring quadrangle.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Orkild, Paul P. & Pomeroy, John S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Assessment Overview Yucca Mountain Site, Nevada Research and Development Area, Nevada (open access)

Environmental Assessment Overview Yucca Mountain Site, Nevada Research and Development Area, Nevada

In February 1983, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) identified the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as one of nine potentially acceptable sites for a mined geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The site is in the Great Basin, which is one of five distinct geohydrologic settings considered for the first repository. To determine their suitability, the Yucca Mountain site and the eight other potentially acceptable sites have been evaluated in accordance with the DOE's General Guidelines for the Recommendation of Sites for the Nuclear Waste Repositories. These evaluations were reported in draft environmental assessments (EAs), which were issued for public review and comment. After considering the comments received on the draft EAs, the DOE prepared the final EAs. On the basis of the evaluations reported in this EA, the DOE has found that the Yucca Mountain site is not disqualified under the guidelines. The DOE has also found that it is suitable for site characterization because the evidence does not support a conclusion that the site will not be able to meet each of the qualifying conditions specified in the guidelines. On the basis of these findings, the DOE is nominating the Yucca Mountain site …
Date: May 1, 1986
Creator: United States. Department of Energy.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Virgin Valley Opal District, Humboldt County, Nevada (open access)

Virgin Valley Opal District, Humboldt County, Nevada

From abstract: Numerous discontinuous layers of opal are interbedded with a gently-dipping series of vitric tuff and ash which is at least 300 feet thick. The tuff and ash are capped by a dark, vesicular basalt in the eastern part of the area and by a thin layer of terrace gravels in the area along the west side of Virgin Valley.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Staatz, Mortimer Hay & Bauer, Herman L., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Skull Mountain Quadrangle at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada

This is a photo-geologic map of the Skull Mountain Quadrangle at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Ekren, E. B. & Sargent, Kenneth A.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geologic Map of the Topopah Spring Southwest Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

Geologic map of the Topopah Spring Southwest quadrangle, Nevada with notations for specific topographic features and profile views. Scale 1:24,000.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Lipman, Peter W. & McKay, E. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Study of the Sedan Nuclear Crater (open access)

Geologic Study of the Sedan Nuclear Crater

From introduction: The purpose of this study was to map the geology of the (Sedan) crater shell and relate the information gained to shell configuration and cratering mechanics. Hopefully, the data presented will be of use in planning future nuclear cratering experiments.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Richards, William D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data Report for Winnemucca NTMS Quadrangle, Nevada (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data Report for Winnemucca NTMS Quadrangle, Nevada

From abstract: This report presents the results of the geochemical reconnaissance sampling in the Winnemucca 10 x 20 quadrangle of the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). We collected wet and dry sediment samples throughout the 18,770-km2 arid to semi-arid area and water samples at available streams, springs and wells. We present neutron activation analyses of uranium and trace elements and other measurements made in the field and laboratory in tabular hardcopy and microfiche format. The report includes 5 full-size overlays for use with the Winnemucca NTMS 1:250,000 quadrangle. Water sampling sites, water-sample uranium and thorium concentrations, sediment sampling sites, and sediment-sample total uranium and thorium concentrations are shown on the separate overlays. We present general geological and structural descriptions of the area, and describe the 12 known uranium occurrences.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Puchlik, K. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Earthquakes Recorded by a Seismograph Network Located in the Southern Nevada Region January 1 to December 22, 1971 (open access)

Earthquakes Recorded by a Seismograph Network Located in the Southern Nevada Region January 1 to December 22, 1971

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Date: May 1972
Creator: Bayer, Kenneth C. & King, Kenneth W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site

The following report covers geological studies on the USGS and Rainier tunnel areas in the Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Hansen, Wallace R. & Lemke, Richard W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data Report for Winnemucca NTMS Quadrangle, Nevada, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Table 1. Sediment Analysis: Dry and Stream Sites

Supplementary data containing information on uranium concentrations in sediment samples to accompany a report on hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance in the Winnemucca Quadrangle, Nevada.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Puchlik, K. P.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geophysical and Geologic Field Measurements for the U12n.03 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nevada (open access)

Geophysical and Geologic Field Measurements for the U12n.03 Tunnel, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

This report summarizes results on surveys taken by the U.S. Geological Survey made to determine the seismic velocity, electrical resistivity, and preliminary geology of rock in the U12n.03 tunnel, Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 26, 1967
Creator: Carroll, Roger D.; Ege, John R. & Cunningham, D. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Reno National Topographic Map, Nevada, Volume 1 (open access)

Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey: Reno National Topographic Map, Nevada, Volume 1

The following report is the first of two volumes describing the program and results of the airborne gamma and total magnetic field surveys of the Reno quadrangle conducted between October 4-November 10, 1977.
Date: May 15, 1978
Creator: Geodata International
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary petrographic study of rock from Nevada Test Site - Basalt Mesa (open access)

Preliminary petrographic study of rock from Nevada Test Site - Basalt Mesa

Discussing photographs of rocks from Basalt Mesa
Date: May 6, 1960
Creator: Anderson, E. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Data Report: Jean Lake Area, Nevada (open access)

Data Report: Jean Lake Area, Nevada

This report presents the results of detailed sampling of soils, rocks, and dry lake bed material from the area of Jean Dry Lake in southern Nevada.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Cook, James R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Winnemucca Quadrangle, Nevada (open access)

National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Winnemucca Quadrangle, Nevada

A report discussing the results of an investigation indicating environments favorable for hydroallogenic uranium deposits in the Fish Creek Basin sedimentary rocks of Miocene age and for hydroallogenic and sandstone uranium deposits in the Home Station Wash sedimentary rocks of Miocene age.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Berridge, William C. & Wolverson, Nancy J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Appendices F-1 and F-2]

Tables listing laboratory and field KUT data, including eTh/eU. Th/U, and eU/cU ratios, for samples collected from the Winnemucca quadrangle.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Berridge, William C. & Wolverson, Nancy J.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Appendices A and B-2]

Two appendixes accompanying the report "National Uranium Resource Evaluation, Winnemucca Quadrangle, Nevada." Appendix A is a table describing the location and other data for 19 uranium occurrences in the quadrangle. Appendix B-2 includes the location and geologic codes for rock samples collected for the report.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Berridge, William C. & Wolverson, Nancy J.
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library