Summary of rock salt deposits in the United States as possible storage sites for radioactive waste materials / by W.G. Pierce and E.I. Rich.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Pierce, W. G. (William Gamewell), 1904-1994, author.

Contributor:

Rich, E. I. (Ernest Isaac), 1922-

Geological Survey (U.S.), issuing body.

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Series:

Geological Survey bulletin ; 1148.

Geological Survey bulletin ; 1148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt deposits--United States.

Salt deposits.

Radioactive waste disposal.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 91 pages) : illustrations, maps + 6 maps.

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O., 1962.

Summary:

"Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission."

Notes:

Plate 1: Index map of rock salt deposits in the United States.

Plate 2: Map showing aggregate thickness of salt beds in the Salina formation or group / Modified from C.R. Fettke (1955), W.L. Kreidler (1957), K.K. Landes (1945; 1951), and J.F. Pepper (1947).

Plate 3: Map showing depth below sea level of top of uppermost salt bed in the Salina formation or group / Modified from C.R. Fettke (1955), W.L. Kreidler (1957), K.K. Landes (1945), and J.F. Pepper (1947).

Plate 4: Map of the gulf coast embayment showing location of salt domes and the Louann salt.

Plate 5: Map showing aggregate thickness of salt in Permian Basin of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico / Adapted from maps and reports by N.W. Bass 1926, Hoots 1925, Lee 1956, and unpublished maps by P.T. Hayes, U.S. Geological Survey.

Plate 6: Map of Paradox Basin area showing thickness of salt-bearing rocks of Paradox member of Hermosa formation, and their relation to major structural and physiographic features / Map modified from compilation by Elmer H. Baltz, U.S. Geological Survey.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-87) and index.

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.

Contains:

Index map of rock salt deposits in the United States.

Map showing aggregate thickness of salt beds in the Salina formation or group.

Map showing depth below sea level of top of uppermost salt bed in the Salina formation or group.

Map of the gulf coast embayment showing location of salt domes and the Louann salt.

Map showing aggregate thickness of salt in Permian Basin of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Map of Paradox Basin area showing thickness of salt-bearing rocks of Paradox member of Hermosa formation, and their relation to major structural and physiographic features.

Other Format:

Print version: Pierce, William Gamewell, 1904- Summary of rock salt deposits in the United States as possible storage sites for radioactive waste materials.

OCLC:

956642822

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