Pore connectivity, episodic flow, and unsaturated diffusion in fractured tuff

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 70-76

  Hu, Qinhong ^a   Ewing, Robert P ^b   Tomutsa, Liviu ^c   Singleton, Michael J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; EPISODIC FLOW; FRACTURED TUFFS; PORE SPACES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 33847235750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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