Temporal damping effect of the Yucca Mountain fractured unsaturated rock on transient infiltration pulses

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 235-248

  Zhang, Keni ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Pan, Lehua ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Damping effect; Episodic infiltration; Model; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCK MECHANICS;

DAMPING EFFECT; EPISODIC INFILTRATION; UNSATURATED ZONE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

WATER ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCK MECHANICS; WATER ANALYSIS;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PERCOLATION; REPOSITORY; STEADY FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUFF; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33745991128     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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