Estimation of past seepage volumes from calcite distribution in the Topopah Spring Tuff, Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 62-63, Issue , 2003, Pages 237-247

  Marshall, Brian D ^a   Neymark, Leonid A ^a   Peterman, Zell E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Percolation flux; Seepage; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FRACTURE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; PERFORMANCE;

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

SEEPAGE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MINERAL; PERCOLATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEEPAGE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CALCITE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURE NETWORK; OPAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SEEPAGE; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR WASTE; PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; UNITED STATES;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 19244376629     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00167-5     Document Type: Article

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