Open AccessNature and continuity of the Sundance Fault, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Author(s) -
C. J. Potter,
Robert P. Dickerson,
Warren C. Day
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/756884
Subject(s) - yucca , geology , fault (geology) , radioactive waste , geotechnical engineering , mining engineering , seismology , engineering , waste management , biology , botany
This report describes the detailed geologic mapping (1:2,400 scale) that was performed in the northern part of the potential nuclear waste repository area at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to determine the nature and extent of the Sundance Fault zone and to evaluate structural relations between the Sundance and other faults