A reaction-transport model for calcite precipitation and evaluation of infiltration fluxes in unsaturated fractured rock

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Xu, Tianfu ^a   Sonnenthal, Eric ^a   Bodvarsson, Gudmundur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Infiltration rate; Percolation flux; Reactive transport modeling; Water rock interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS;

CALCITE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

CALCITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REPOSITORY; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GAS; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR WASTE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SIMULATION; STONE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037623414     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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