Comments on Overview of calcite/opal deposits at or near the proposed high-level nuclear waste site, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA: Pedogenic, hypogene, or both

Environmental Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-78

  Hill, C A ^c   Dublyansky, Y V ^c   Harmon, R S ^c   Schluter, C M ^c   Stuckless, J S ^a   Marshall, B D ^a   Vaniman, D T ^b   Dudley, W W ^a   Peterman, Z E ^a   Paces, J B ^a   Whelan, J F ^a   Taylor, E M ^a   Forester, R M ^a   Oleary, D W ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE/OPAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY;

USA, NEVADA, YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 2642674416     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050257     Document Type: Note

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