Tracer penetration into welded tuff matrix from flowing fractures

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-112

  Hu, Qinhong ^a   Kneafsey, Timothy J ^a   Trautz, Robert C ^a   Wang, Joseph S Y ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PORE SIZE; ROCKS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WETTING;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INITIAL WATER SATURATION; MEASURED PROPERTIES; PARTIALLY SATURATED; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; UNDERGROUND TUNNELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

CORE SAMPLES;

EID: 0013436204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1.1.102     Document Type: Article

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