Numerical modeling of perched water under Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Ground Water

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 498-504

  Hinds, Jennifer J ^a   Ge, Shemin ^b   Fridrich, Chris J ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE RECEPTION FACILITY; WATER TABLE;

FRACTURE FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; WATER TABLE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0032807125     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1999.tb01135.x     Document Type: Article

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