Development of a hydrogeological model of the borrowdale volcanics at sellafield

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-46

  Lunn, R J ^a   Lunn, A D ^b   Mackay, R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

BORROWDALE VOLCANICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSTIORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, SELLAFIELD;

EID: 0031441310     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-1-35-1997     Document Type: Article

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