Stochastic analysis of the effect of heterogeneity and fractures on radionuclide transport in a low-permeability clay layer

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 920-930

  Huysmans, Marijke ^a   Dassargues, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fractures; Geostatistics; Heterogeneous media; Radionuclide transport; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BOOM CLAY; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

EID: 26944472461     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0030-2     Document Type: Article

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