Kinematic analysis of solute mass flows in rock fractures with spatially random parameters

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 163-191

  Wörman, Anders ^a   Xu, Shulan ^a   Dverstorp, Björn ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Probability density function; Rock fractures; Solute mass flows

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SORPTION; WATER;

SOLUTE MASS FLOWS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FRACTURE FLOW; KINEMATICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW; FLOW RATE; KINEMATICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; ROCK; SAMPLE; VARIANCE;

GEOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POROSITY; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0347298595     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00088-8     Document Type: Article

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