Analysis of water flow paths: Methodology and example calculations for a potential geological repository in Sweden

Ambio

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 425-434

  Werner, Kent ^a   Bosson, Emma ^b   Berglund, Sten ^b  

^a Golder Associates AB   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA INTERPRETATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; SAFETY; WATER FLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW;

METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SWEDEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33947600377     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2006)35[425:AOWFPM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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