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Establishing a Hydrostratigraphic Framework Using Palynology

An Example from the Savannah River Site, South Carolina

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Environmental Micropaleontology

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Abstract

The Savannah River Site (SRS) occupies 310 km2 within Aiken, Barnwell, and Allendale counties in southwestern South Carolina, U.S.A. (Fig. 1). Bedrock (Paleozoic metamorphic and Triassic clastic rock) and overlying Coastal plain sediments (Upper Cretaceous through Holocene unconsolidated sediments) constitute the hydrologic system beneath the SRS and surrounding areas (Fig. 2). Direction of groundwater flow in the aquifers at SRS is primarily toward the Savannah River and its tributaries. Aquifers in the Cretaceous sediments are the primary source of drinking water for the SRS and surrounding communities.

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  1. Environmental Restoration Engineering & Technology, Bechtel Savannah River Inc., Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina, 29808, USA

    Robert S. Van Pelt

  2. Earth Sciences Resources Institute, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29801, USA

    Donald W. Engelhardt

  3. Department of Geological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634, USA

    Raymond A. Christopher

  4. Clark Geological Services, Fremont, California, 94536, USA

    Joyce Lucas-Clark

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Van Pelt, R.S., Engelhardt, D.W., Christopher, R.A., Lucas-Clark, J. (2000). Establishing a Hydrostratigraphic Framework Using Palynology. In: Martin, R.E. (eds) Environmental Micropaleontology. Topics in Geobiology, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4167-7_19

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