Upscaling of constitutive relations in unsaturated heterogeneous tuff matrix

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 198-209

  Liu, H H ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Relative permeability; Unsaturated flow; Vadose zone hydrology; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONTAMINATION; POROUS MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; TUFF MATRIX;

HYDROLOGY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALING; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TUFF; UNSATURATED FLOW; UPSCALING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0038277165     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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