Field tests and model analyses of seepage into drift

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 323-347

  Wang, J S Y ^a   Trautz, R C ^a   Cook, P J ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   James, A L ^a   Birkholzer, J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Capillary barrier; Drift seepage; Fracture flow paths; Tracer tests; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXCAVATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WATER;

DRIFT SEEPAGE; FRACTURE FLOW PATHS; TRACER TESTS;

SEEPAGE;

DYE; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE; SEEPAGE; TRACER;

DYE TRACER; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; SEEPAGE;

ARTICLE; DRUG TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK; UNITED STATES; WATER TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032936951     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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