Geomechanics issues related to long-term isolation of nuclear waste

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 3, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 961-974

  Fairhurst, Charles ^a  

^a ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Nuclear waste; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038662030     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01379-8     Document Type: Review

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