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  <dc:contributor>P. F. Frenzel</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Cynthia G. Abeyta</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1999</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Geologic and hydrologic data for the Municipal Solid Waste &#13;
Landfill Facility on the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and &#13;
Fort Bliss in El Paso County, Texas, were collected by the U.S. &#13;
Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the &#13;
Army. The 106.03-acre landfill has been in operation since January &#13;
1974. The landfill contains household refuse, Post solid &#13;
wastes, bulky items, grass and tree trimmings from family &#13;
housing, refuse from litter cans, construction debris, classified &#13;
waste (dry), dead animals, asbestos, and empty oil cans. The &#13;
depth of the filled areas is about 30 feet and the cover, consisting &#13;
of locally derived material, is 2 to 3 feet thick.&#13;
&#13;
Geologic and hydrologic data were collected at or adjacent to &#13;
the landfill during (1) drilling of 10 30- to 31-foot boreholes &#13;
that were completed with gas-monitoring probes, (2) drilling of &#13;
a 59-foot borehole, (3) drilling of a 355-foot borehole that was &#13;
completed as a ground-water monitoring well, and (4) in situ &#13;
measurements made on the landfill cover. After completion, the gas-&#13;
monitoring probes were monitored on a quarterly basis (1 year &#13;
total) for gases generated by the landfill. Water samples were &#13;
collected from the ground-water monitoring well for chemical &#13;
analysis.&#13;
&#13;
Data collection is divided into two elements: geologic data &#13;
and hydrologic data. Geologic data include lithologic &#13;
descriptions of cores and cuttings, geophysical logs, soil-&#13;
gas and ambient-air analyses, and chemical analyses of soil. &#13;
Hydrologic data include physical properties, total organic carbon, &#13;
and pH of soil and sediment samples; soil-water chloride and &#13;
soil-moisture analyses; physical properties of the landfill cover; &#13;
measurements of depth to ground water; and ground-water chemical &#13;
analyses. Interpretation of data is not included in this report.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/ofr99271</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Geologic and hydrologic data for the municipal solid waste landfill facility, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>