Reactive transport model for the ambient unsaturated hydrogeochemical system at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-263

  Browning, Lauren ^a   Murphy, William M ^b   Manepally, Chandrika ^a   Fedors, Randall ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Groundwater chemistry; Groundwater flow and transport; Hydrology; Reactive transport model; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GROUNDWATER; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

HYDROGEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED FLOW;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REPOSITORY; UNSATURATED FLOW;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0038713080     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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