Using Temperature to Test Models of Flow Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Ground Water

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 657-666

  Painter, Scott ^a   Winterle, James ^a   Armstrong, Amit ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Compu Simulations ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC AQUIFERS;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HEAT FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEVADA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0642366900     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2003.tb02404.x     Document Type: Article

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