Coupled surface-subsurface hydrologic model of a nuclear subsidence crater at the Nevada test site

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 43-62

  Pohll, G M ^a,b   Warwick, J J ^a   Tyler, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; INFILTRATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; OVERLAND FLOW; PONDING; SUBSIDENCE CRATER; VADOSE ZONE;

USA, NEVADA, NEVADA TEST SITE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; KINEMATICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SEEPAGE; SUBSIDENCE;

KINEMATIC WAVE EQUATION; MOISTURE MIGRATION; NUCLEAR SUBSIDENCE; OVERLAND FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030588341     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03033-8     Document Type: Article

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