Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the waste-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia

Abstract

PLATE 1. Representative stratigraphic cross sections, Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia. 2. Geologic map of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia. A. Structural top of the pre-Unit H(?) basement surface. B. Thickness, Units F through H(?). C. Thickness, Units A through E. 3. Geohydrologic maps, Unit H(?) of Cretaceous and Late Jurassic(?) age, Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia. A. Structural top of Unit H(?). B. Thickness and isochlor map, Unit H(?). C. Sand-shale distribution map, Unit H(?). 4. Geohydrologic maps, Unit G(?) of Cretaceous age, Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia. A. Structural top of Unit G(?). B. Thickness and isochlor map, Unit G(?). C. Sand-shale distribution map, Unit G(?).

The deep hydrogeologic flow system underlying the Oak Ridge Reservation -- Assessing the potential for active groundwater flow and origin of the brine

“…Saline groundwater can be found at depth anywhere in the eastern and central United States (Brown et al 1979;Clifford 1973;Goodman 1990;Heck et al 1964;Kreiger et al 1957;Lamborn 1952;Milhous 1959;Poth 1962;Price et al 1937;Startler et al 1975;Stout et al 1932). The controlling mechanisms accountable for brine formation and preservation at depths ~2 0 0 m (650 ft) in these humid regions are not always clear.…”

“…The controlling mechanisms accountable for brine formation and preservation at depths ~2 0 0 m (650 ft) in these humid regions are not always clear. The use of subsurface low-permeability brine-containing environments for hazardous and nuclear waste isolation has been proposed and explored at several locations throughtout the United States (e.g., Brown et al 1979). The above questions are generic, to be addressed whenever subsurface isolation of hazardous waste is being considered under similar conditions.…”