Overview of key experiments on repository characterization in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 284, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-40

  Bossart, Paul ^a  

^a Swisstopo Mont Terri Project Direction   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 38349104756     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP284.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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