Testing the concept of drift shadow at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Proceedings of the 11th International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 278-285

  Paces, James B ^a   Neymark, Leonid A ^a   Ghezzehei, Teamrat ^b   Dobson, Patrick F ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY CHAIN; DRIFT SHADOW; LITHOPHYSICAL CAVITIES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

EID: 33847193560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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