Microbial Impacts to the Near-Field Environment Geochemistry: A model for estimating microbial communities in repository drifts at Yucca Mountain

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 553-575

  Jolley, Darren M ^a   Ehrhorn, Thomas F ^a   Horn, Joanne ^b  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Bioremediation; Engineered barriers; Geochemistry; Geomicrobiology; Microbial communities; Predictive modeling; Radionuclide sorption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROORGANISMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

REPOSITORY DRIFTS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATOR; MICROORGANISM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRY WEIGHT; ENERGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037392930     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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