Transport of a two-member decay chain of radionuclides through a discrete fracture in a porous rock matrix in the presence of colloids

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-93

  Tien, Neng Chuan ^a   Li, Shih Hai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decay chain; External forces; Hydrodynamic chromatography

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLOIDS; FRACTURE; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POROUS MATERIALS;

RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0036772380     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT02-A3325     Document Type: Article

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