Modeling dispersion in three-dimensional heterogeneous fractured media at Yucca Mountain

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 577-594

  McKenna, Sean A ^a   Walker, Douglas D ^b,c   Arnold, Bill ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Duke Engineering and Services   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fractured rock; Stochastic continuum model

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY;

SATURATED ZONES (SZ);

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

GROUND WATER;

DISPERSION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; SATURATED MEDIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTIC METHOD;

DISPERSION; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PHREATIC ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISPERSION; EVALUATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WATER FLOW;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037391203     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00189-4     Document Type: Article

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