Sentences with phrase «deep borehole at»

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Meanwhile, permafrost observers the world over will take measurements in boreholes at least 30 meters (100 feet) deep — the depth where temperatures do not fluctuate during seasonal cycles — though some will stretch much deeper.

Scientists at The Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Denver will describe the potential of shale formations; challenges of deep borehole disposal; and their progress in building a computer model to help improve understanding of the geologic processes that are important for safe disposal of high - level waste.

To study these deep stresses, scientists installed the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth: a borehole drilled two miles deep into the fault, along with an underground seismic monitoring station.

Borehole advocates say tubes of cesium and strontium waste stored in a pool at the Hanford site in Washington could go deep underground.

«If we want to put waste where we'll never see it again,» he added, it should go at the bottom of a deep borehole.

Lake Whillans was slightly more than 2 meters deep at the borehole, and may reach a depth of 10 meters or so.