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A Summary interpretation of geologic, hydrologic, and geophysical data for Yucca Valley, Nevada test site, Nye County, Nevada

Abstract

This report summarizes an interpretation of the geology of Yucca Valley to depths of about 2,300 feet below the surface, the characteristics features of ground water in Yucca and Frenchman Valleys, and the seismic, gravity, and magnetic data for these valleys. Compilation of data, preparation of illustrations, and writing of the report were completed during the period December 26, 1958 to January 10, 1959. Some of the general conclusions must be considered as tentative until more data are available. This work was done by the U.S. Geological Survey on behalf of Albuquerque Operations Office, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 36.666667° to 37.25° latitude; -116.166667° to -116° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Verl Richard Wilmarth, D.L. Healey, Alfred Clebsch, I.J. Winograd, Isadore Zietz, H. W. Oliver. 1959. A Summary interpretation of geologic, hydrologic, and geophysical data for Yucca Valley, Nevada test site, Nye County, Nevada. https://doi.org/10.3133/tei358

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