Microcrack technology. Progress report, 1 April 1979-29 February 1980

• Main Authors: Simmons, G., Caruso, L., Padovani, E.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; GRANITES; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SHALES; THORIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; URANIUM; WATER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORITE MINERALS; CLAYS; CRACKS; DATA COMPILATION; DRILL CORES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HEMATITE; IMAGES; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUARTZ; SIDERITE; TABLES; ACTINIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CARBONATES; CHALCOGENIDES; DATA; DATA FORMS; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INFORMATION; IRON CARBONATES; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; MINERALS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; Conway; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5697427; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5697427; https://doi.org/10.2172/5697427

Microcracks in samples of core from a 3000-foot hole in the Conway granite, near North Conway, New Hampshire, are abundant and most of them are sealed with siderite, chlorite, quartz, hematite, clay, or microbreccia. The sealed cracks are 1 to 100.mu. wide, intersect many grain boundaries, often coi...