The study of the subsurface flow and distribution of water is critical to the evaluation of the unsaturated zone for a potential geologic high-level radioactive waste repository. This site is located at Yucca Mountain, Nevada in the northern Mojave Desert. and was chosen on the basis of its low precipitation,...
Studies are currently underway to determine the suitability of Yucca Mountain
in Nevada as the nation's first high-level nuclear waste repository. Values of net
infiltration are required to determine pre-waste emplacement groundwater travel times
and the performance of the repository as a waste containment system. The objective of
this study...
Estimates of average annual precipitation (AAP) are-needed for hydrologic modeling at
Yucca Mtn., Nevada, site of a proposed, high-level nuclear waste repository. Historical
precipitation data and station elevation were obtained for stations in southern Nevada and
southeastern California. Elevations for 1,531 additional locations were obtained from
topographic maps. The sample...
Byproducts of bamboo processing, such as leaves and branches, may have potential as a livestock feedstuff. The objectives of this study were to evaluate seasonal changes in proximate composition of several bamboo species and reed canarygrass, and subsequently determine the digestibility of bamboo in ponies. Monthly samples of Phyllostachys bissetii,...