Geology topics

D.E. Donaldson

Publications and source records attributed to D.E. Donaldson.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

USGS2006

Ground-water quality beneath solid-waste disposal sites at anchorage, Alaska

Studies at three solid-waste disposal sites in the Anchorage area suggest that differences in local geohydrologic conditions influence ground-water quality. A leachate was detected in ground water within and beneath two sites where the water table is very near land surface and refuse is deposited either at or below the water table in some parts of the filled areas. No leachate was detected in ground water beneath a third site where waste disposal is well above the local water table.

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USGS1974

Water-quality and geohydrologic data at two sanitary landfill sites near Anchorage, Alaska

Water-quality and geohydrologic data were collected at two sanitary landfill (solid-waste disposal) sites near Anchorage, Alaska. The study was undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough and the U.S. Air Force. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the environmental effects of solid-waste disposal on the ground-water system and establish criteria for selecting future landfill sites. This report is a compilation of the data collected through August 1973.

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USGS1973

Soda Creek springs - metamorphic waters in the eastern Alaska Range

The Soda Creek springs are a group of small, cold mineral springs on the southern flank of the eastern Alaska Range. The spring waters contain anomalous concentrations of carbon dioxide, sodium, chlorine, sulfate, boron, and ammonia and are actively precipitating deposits of calcite and aragonite. Sparingly present in these deposits are mixed-layer illite-montmorillonite clays and zeolite minerals. Low-temperature metamorphic reactions in subjacent marine sedimentary rocks of Jurassic and Cretaceous age may have produced the fluids and silicate minerals. With only a few exceptions, cool bicarbonate-rich springs in Alaska are concentrated south of the Denali fault system in south-central Alaska, southeastern Alaska, and along the Kaltag-Tintina fault system. These areas are characterized by active or recently active tectonism, major faults and folds, and an abundance of marine sedimentary rocks.

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