Chemical analyses of pore water from boreholes USW SD-6 and USW WT-24, Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 361-380

  Yang, In C ^a   Peterman, Zell E ^a   Scofield, Kevin M ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical analyses; Hydrochemistry; Mineral saturation; Pore water; Yucca mountain

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CALCITE; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPACTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION;

PORE WATER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE; WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL; POREWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACTION; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

LOESELIASTRUM; YUCCA;

EID: 0037391152     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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