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Hydrogeology Of A Sanitary Landfill, Mandan, North Dakota, Raymond D. Butler
Hydrogeology Of A Sanitary Landfill, Mandan, North Dakota, Raymond D. Butler
Theses and Dissertations
The data from this study can be applied to much of southwestern North Dakota because the geologic and climatic conditions are similar.
The Mandan landfill is on the Heart River floodplain and next to the river on the north and steep valley wall on the south. The sanitary landfill bas been used for over 20 years.
The only pre-Pleistocene unit exposed is the Cannonball Formation, which is interbedded sand, silt, and clay. Quaternary units consist of till, fluvial sand, silt, clay, and gravel, and eolian sand and silt.
A local flow system recharges on the upland next to the valley …