Flow and transport in fractured tuff at Yucca Mountain: Numerical experiments on fast preferential flow mechanisms

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 211-238

  McLaren, Robert G ^a   Forsyth, Peter A ^a   Sudicky, Edward A ^a   Vanderkwaak, Joel E ^b   Schwartz, Franklin W ^c   Kessler, John H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual permeability; Fast preferential flow; Fracture matrix interaction; Numerical modeling; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE 36;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TUFF; UNSATURATED ZONE;

ARTICLE; EROSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

YUCCA;

EID: 0033996652     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(00)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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