The impact of climate change on vadose zone pore waters and its implication for long-term monitoring

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-411

  Glassley, William E ^a   Nitao, John J ^a   Grant, Charles W ^a   Johnson, James W ^a   Steefel, Carl I ^a   Kercher, James R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Massively parallel computers; Monitoring; Nuclear waste disposal; Pore water chemistry; Reactive transport; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WATER QUALITY;

REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; POLLUTION; POREWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONITORING; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0038712254     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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