Preliminary 3-D site-scale studies of radioactive colloid transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 251-286

  Moridis, G J ^a   Hu, Q ^a   Wu, Y S ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Radioactive colloid transport; Vadose zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER;

RADIOACTIVE DECAYS;

COLLOIDS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

COLLOID; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNSATURATED FLOW;

COLLOID; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WATER TABLE;

COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEVADA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037291988     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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