Seepage into an underground opening constructed in unsaturated fractured rock under evaporative conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 6-1-6-14

  Trautz, Robert C ^a   Wang, Joseph S Y ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary barrier; Seepage; Underground testing; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CAPILLARY FLOW; EVAPORATION; FRACTURE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEEPAGE;

LIQUID-RELEASE TESTS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; WASTE;

EVAPORATION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION;

YUCCA;

EID: 0036822366     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000690     Document Type: Article

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