Magnetic Surveys Help Reassess Volcanic Hazards at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Authors

Charles B. Connor, Southwest Research InstituteFollow
Sammantha Lane-Magsino, Southwest Research Institute
John A. Stamatakos, Southwest Research Institute
Ronald H. Martin, Southwest Research Institute
Peter C. LaFemina, Southwest Research Institute
Brittain E. Hill, Southwest Research Institute
Steve Lieber, Steve Lieber and Associates

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1997

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/97EO00049

Abstract

Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions occur infrequently, but if they occur near nuclear power plants or high‐level radioactive waste repositories, local and global communities can be threatened. Ideally, such facilities should be constructed only where geologic risk is very low.

Estimating the probabilities of such events requires a comprehensive understanding of site geology and the geologic processes operating in the site region on timescales of 104 to 107years. In light of these requirements, geologists and geophysicists must continually improve techniques for site characterization.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 78, issue 7, p. 73-78

©1997. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.

Scholar Commons Citation

Connor, Charles B.; Lane-Magsino, Sammantha; Stamatakos, John A.; Martin, Ronald H.; LaFemina, Peter C.; Hill, Brittain E.; and Lieber, Steve, "Magnetic Surveys Help Reassess Volcanic Hazards at Yucca Mountain, Nevada" (1997). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 1665.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1665