Yucca mountain could face greater Volcanic threat

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Volumn 86, Issue 35, 2005, Pages

  Smith, E I ^a   Keenan, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Geoscience Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL DISASTER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33746369774     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005EO350001     Document Type: Review

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