Open Access[Paleoclimatology studies for Yucca Mountain site characterization]. Final report
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/631157
Subject(s) - geology , holocene , sedimentology , quaternary , pleistocene , paleoclimatology , alluvial fan , younger dryas , chronology , structural basin , alluvium , paleontology , stratigraphy , climate change , vegetation (pathology) , physical geography , archaeology , geography , oceanography , medicine , pathology , tectonics
This report consists of two separate papers: Fernley Basin studies; and Influence of sediment supply and climate change on late Quaternary eolian accumulation patterns in the Mojave Desert. The first study involved geologic mapping of late Quaternary sediments and lacustrine features combined with precise control of elevations and descriptions of sediments for each of the major sedimentary units. The second paper documents the response of a major eolian sediment transport system in the east-central Mojave Desert: that which feeds the Kelso Dune field. Information from geomorphic, stratigraphic, and sedimentologic studies of eolian deposits and landforms is combined with luminescence dating of these deposits to develop a chronology of periods of eolian deposition. Both studies are related to site characterization studies of Yucca Mountain and the forecasting of rainfall patterns possible for the high-level radioactive waste repository lifetime