An active fracture model for unsaturated flow and transport in fractured rocks

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2633-2646

  Liu, H H ^a   Doughty, C ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MODELING; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNSATURATED FLOW; WASTE FACILITY;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED FRACTURED ROCKS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0031713832     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR02040     Document Type: Article

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