Matrix diffusion rates in fractured volcanic rocks at the Nevada Test Site: Evidence for a dominant influence of effective fracture apertures

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Reimus, Paul W ^a   Callahan, Timothy J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION RATES; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DIFFUSION; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ANALYSIS; ROCK MECHANICS;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FRACTURE APERTURE; MASS TRANSFER; MATRIX; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACER; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 36649017685     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005746     Document Type: Article

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