Performance assessment of solute transport upscaling methods in the context of nuclear waste disposal

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 756-764

  Cassiraga, E F ^a   Fernandez Garcia D ^a   Gomez Hernandez J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Groundwater flow; Hydrogeology; Mass transport; Nuclear waste disposal; Stochastic simulations; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUXES; RADIOISOTOPES; RANDOM PROCESSES; TENSORS;

CONDUCTIVITY TENSORS; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY;

EID: 22744435355     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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