Modeling coupled thermal-hydrological-chemical processes in the unsaturated fractured rock of Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Heterogeneity and seepage

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 10-14, 2006, Pages 626-633

  Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Sonnenthal, E L ^a   Spycher, N ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seepage; THC processes; Unsaturated zone; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DISSOLUTION; INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TUNNELS; VAPORIZATION;

INFILTRATION FLUX; LOCAL FLOW CHANNELING; THERMAL-HYDROLOGICAL CHEMICAL (THC); UNSATURATED FRACTURED ROCK;

SEEPAGE;

SEEPAGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 33746377914     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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