Flow and transport in the drift shadow in a dual-continuum model

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 133-156

  Houseworth, J E ^a   Finsterle, S ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Numerical modeling; Radionuclide transport; Unsaturated zone flow; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; ROCKS; TUNNELS;

GEOSPHERE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

RADIOISOTOPE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MODELING; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; UNSATURATED FLOW; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COLLOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037395401     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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