The role of infiltration waters in the formation of secondary minerals in the vadose zone of Yucca Mountain (Nevada, USA): A thermodynamic analysis

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 753-768

  Pal'yanova, G A ^a   Smirnov, S Z ^a   Dublyansky Y V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nuclear waste repository; Secondary mineralization; Thermodynamic modeling; Water rhyolite interaction; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; MINERALIZATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SECONDARY MINERAL; VADOSE ZONE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344083502     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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