Summary of
northern Atlantic Coastal Plain hydrology and its relation to disposal
of high-level radioactive waste in buried crystalline rock--A
preliminary appraisal
Water-Resources
Investigations Report 85-4146
By O.B. Lloyd, Jr., J.D. Larson, and R.W. Davis
Abstract
Interpretation of available hydrologic data suggests that some
areas beneath the Coastal Plain in the States of Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Virginia might have
some potential for the disposal of nuclear waste in crystalline
rock that is buried beneath the Coastal Plain sediments. The
areas of major interest occur where the top of the basement rock
lies between 1,000 and 4,000 feet below sea level, the
aquifer(s) immediately above the basement rock are saturated
with saline water, confining material overlies the saline water
bearing aquifer(s), and groundwater flow in the saline water
aquifer(s) can be established. Preliminary data on (1) the
distribution and thickness of the lowermost aquifers and
confining beds, (2) the distribution of hydraulic conductivity
in the lowermost aquifers, (3) estimated hydraulic heads and
inferred direction of lateral groundwater flow for 1980, and (4)
the distribution of saline water and brine, indicate eastern
parts of the study area relatively best meet most of the
criteria proposed for sediments that would overlie any potential
buried crystalline-rock disposal site.
Citation:
Lloyd, O.B., Jr., Larson, J.D., and Davis, R.W., 1985, Summary of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain hydrology and its relation to disposal of high-level radioactive waste in buried crystalline rock--A preliminary appraisal: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4146, 80 p.
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