Yucca Mountain saturated zone carbon-14

Authors

James Thomas, Desert Research InstituteFollow
David L. Decker, Desert Research InstituteFollow
Todd M. Mihevc, Desert Research InstituteFollow
Ronald L. Hershey, Desert Research InstituteFollow
Gary Patterson, United States Geological Survey
Zell Peterman, United States Geological Survey
Peter Striffler, United States Geological Survey

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

Travel time of groundwater from beneath Yucca Mountain to down gradient areas is important to nuclear waste storage.
For this study, travel times determined by:
1) Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) isotopes Geochemical modeling--corrected C-14 ages
2) Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) isotopes DOC ages independent of DIC reactions

Keywords

Groundwater – Age; Groundwater flow; Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Radioactive waste repositories; Radiocarbon dating; Water chemistry

Disciplines

Earth Sciences | Hydrology

Language

English

Comments

Consists of 33 PowerPoint slides.

Repository Citation

Thomas, J., Decker, D. L., Mihevc, T. M., Hershey, R. L., Patterson, G., Peterman, Z., Striffler, P. (2007). Yucca Mountain saturated zone carbon-14.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/14