Reply to "Commentary: Assessment of past infiltration fluxes through Yucca Mountain on the basis of the secondary mineral record - Is it a viable methodology?", by Y.V. Dublyansky and S.Z. Smirnov

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Sonnenthal, Eric ^a   Xu, Tianfu ^a   Bodvarsson, Gudmundur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite precipitation; Infiltration rate; Reactive transport modeling; Thermal boundary conditions; Yucca mountain

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FLUXES; HYDROLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SEEPAGE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

INFILTRATION FLUXES; REACTION-TRANSPORT MODEL; SURFACE-BASED BOREHOLES; UNSATURATED FRACTURED ROCKS;

INFILTRATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL;

INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 14844321981     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.01.005     Document Type: Note

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