Ice ages and nuclear waste isolation

Engineering Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 177-192

  Talbot, C J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glacial incisions; Hydraulic lift; Nuclear waste; Rock permeability; Stresses

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ROCKS;

GLACIAL INCISIONS; HYDRAULIC LIFT; ROCK PERMEABILITY;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0033045208     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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