Numerical simulation of depleted uranium transport in a desert environment using a distributed parameter watershed model

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Johnson, Billy E ^a   Medina, Victor F ^a   Cunniff, Dave ^b  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Deserts; Numerical models; Two dimensional models; Uranium; Watershed management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

DESERTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO-DEMENSIONAL MODELS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

URANIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; URANIUM; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERT; FIELD METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; URANIUM; WATERSHED;

EID: 33745228943     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2006)10:3(179)     Document Type: Article

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