Open AccessGreat Basin Paleoenvironmental Studies Project: Technical progress report, Second quarter (Year 2), September--December 1994
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/60828
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , quaternary , quarter (canadian coin) , geography , desert (philosophy) , archaeology , physical geography , structural basin , center (category theory) , research center , ecology , geology , paleontology , biology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , chemistry , crystallography
The paleobiotic and geomorphic records are being examined for the local and regional impact of past climates to assess Yucca Mountain`s suitability as a high-level nuclear waste repository. In particular these data are being used to provide estimates of the timing, duration and extremes of past periods of moister climate for use in hydrological models of local and regional recharge that are being formulated by USGS and other hydrologists for the Yucca Mountain area. The project includes botanical, faunal, and geomorphic components that will be integrated to accomplish this goal