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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Page No.
LIST OF FIGURES
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Concepts.and Time Frames For Waste 1
-Isolation .
1.2 Prediction of Geologic Processes 1
1.3 Plate Tectonics 2
1.4 Tectonic Setting of the United States 3
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6
3. FAULTS 11
3.1 Potential Effects on Repository 12
3.1.1 Hydrologic Effects 12
3.1.2 Excavation, Mining Effects 13
3.1.3 Effects of Fault Displacements 13
3.2 Location of Existing Faults and Joints 14
3.2.1 Geologic Methods 14
3.2.2 Geophysical Methods 15
3.2.2.1 Seismic Reflection 15
3.2.2.2 Seismic Refraction 16
3.2.2.3 Radar Reflection 17
3.2.2.4 Gravity Methods 18
3.2.2.5 Magnetic Methods 18
3.2.2.6 Electrical Resistivity 19
3.2.2.7 Borehole Logging 19
3.2.3 Aerial PhotogrLphs and Remote 20
Sensing
3.3 Defining Fault Motions 21
3.3.1 Measuring Previous Fault Dis-: 21
placements
3.3.2 Dating Previous Fault Displacements 22
3.3.2.1 Radiometric Methods 23
3.3.2.2 Residual Soils and Weather- 27
ing Profiles
3.3.2.3 Other Methods 28-.1 -
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State-of-the-art for evaluating the potential impact of tectonism and volcanism on a radioactive waste repository, report, July 16, 1980; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1055747/m1/2/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.