First Advisor

A.G. Johnson

Date of Publication

1986

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Geology

Department

Geology

Language

English

Subjects

Groundwater flow -- Washington (State) -- Hanford, Seepage -- Washington (State) -- Hanford, Aquifers -- Washington (State) -- Hanford

DOI

10.15760/etd.5574

Physical Description

1 online resource (131 p.)

Abstract

Intercommunication has been identified between the unconfined and uppermost confined aquifer systems underlying a portion of the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site. Erosional thinning and fracturing of the basalt confining layer within the study area allows physical contact between the two aquifers, but the vertical hydraulic gradient (a required driving force) is small. To better conceptualize the distribution and volume of the leakage occurring between the aquifer systems, this study investigates the confined Rattlesnake Ridge Aquifer flow system, which appears to be more sensitive to the vertical leakage than the overlying unconfined aquifer.

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