Mont Terri

Mont Terri
Highest point
Elevation 804 m (2,638 ft)
Prominence 108 m (354 ft) [1]
Parent peak Montgremay
Coordinates 47°23′29″N 7°09′40″E / 47.39139°N 7.16111°E / 47.39139; 7.16111Coordinates: 47°23′29″N 7°09′40″E / 47.39139°N 7.16111°E / 47.39139; 7.16111 
Geography
Mont Terri
Location in Switzerland
Location Jura, Switzerland
Parent range Jura Mountains

Mont Terri (804 m) is one of the mountains of the Jura Mountains range. It is located south of Cornol in the Canton of Jura. The mountain can be located 140 km west of Zurich.

A prehistoric site, Mont-Terri Castle, is located on the summit.

Research

The mountain is the site of an international research project, the Mont Terri Project, founded in 1996. The facilities consist of the underground Mont Terri Rock Laboratory conducting research on geological, hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characterisation of Opalinus clay, which is a type of argillaceous claystone.[2] The research team includes partners from Europe and Japan. The purpose of the study are to discover if this impermeable clay is suitable for geologic disposal of radioactive waste. The project is partially funded by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.[3][4]

Primary contacts for the research project are Jens Birkholzer, Chief Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,[5] and Marc Thury, Chief Geologist at the National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from the Swisstopo topographic maps. The key col is located south of the summit at 696 metres.
  2. ↑ Bossart, P.; Nussbaum, C. (2007-01-01). "Mont Terri Project - Heater experiment, engineered barriers emplacement and ventilations tests. No 1 - Swiss Geological Survey, Bern, 2007".
  3. ↑ "Mont Terri » ENSI". ENSI EN. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  4. ↑ Thury, Marc. "The characteristics of the Opalinus Clay investigated in the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory in Switzerland". Comptes Rendus Physique. 3 (7–8): 923–933. doi:10.1016/s1631-0705(02)01372-5.
  5. ↑ "Jens Birkholzer". Earth and Environmental Sciences Area. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. ↑ "Historique du projet". www.mont-terri.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-11.


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