Hydrology of Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 447-470

  Flint, Alan L ^a   Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Kwicklis, Edward M ^b   Bodvarsson, Gudmundur S ^c   Fabryka Martin, June M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNSATURATED FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0035211044     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG000075     Document Type: Article

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