EPM modeling of a field-scale tritium tracer experiment in fractured, weathered shale

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 997-1007

  McKay, L D ^a   Stafford, P L ^b,c   Toran, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SHALE; THERMAL PLUMES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TRITIUM; WATER WELLS; WEATHERING;

EQUIVALENT POROUS MEDIA (EPM) MODEL; SAPROLITE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DISPERSIVITY; FRACTURED ROCK; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SHALE; TRACER; TRITIUM;

TRITIUM;

EID: 0031281337     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00172.x     Document Type: Article

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