Seepage into drifts with mechanical degradation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 157-172

  Li, Guomin ^a   Tsang, Chin Fu ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift degradation; Heterogeneity; Seepage; Unsaturated flow; Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PERCOLATION FLUX;

SEEPAGE;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MODEL; REPOSITORY; ROCKFALL; SEEPAGE; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DEGRADATION; ENGINEERING; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SIMULATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 14944364390     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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