Solute transport in fractured media - The important mechanisms for performance assessment

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 283-298

  Moreno, Luis ^a   Gylling, Björn ^a   Neretnieks, Ivars ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fractures; Models; Sorption; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTAMINANTS; FRACTURES; POROSITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPOSITORY;

EID: 0030619776     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(96)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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