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TI: Temperature Profiles and Hydrologic Implications from the Nevada Test Site Area
AU: * Gillepie, D R
EM: david@dri.edu
AF: Desert Research Institute, 755 East Flamingo, Las Vegas, NV 89119 United States
AU: Russell, C E
EM: chuck@dri.edu
AF: Desert Research Institute, 755 East Flamingo, Las Vegas, NV 89119 United States
AB: The Nevada Test Site (NTS) is located 65 miles northwest of the city of Las Vegas. The NTS encompasses 1,375 square miles of desert and mountainous terrain. Prior to 1992, 828 underground nuclear tests were conducted at the NTS. Approximately one-third of these underground nuclear tests were conducted deep enough below the ground to impact the water table. Since the late 1980s the U. S. Department of Energy has been working to characterize groundwater flow systems at the NTS. A major portion of this effort is the construction of regional- and Corrective Action Unit- scale numerical groundwater flow and transport models. Given the large aerial extent and geologic complexity of the NTS, combined with the limited number of boreholes from which geologic and hydrologic information can be derived, reduction of model uncertainty is of great concern. Groundwater flow and transport models often utilize hydraulic head or solute concentration as calibration targets. Alternate calibration targets such as tempera
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
DE: 1899 General or miscellaneous
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting