Field investigation into unsaturated flow and transport in a fault: Model analyses

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 39-59

  Liu, H H ^a   Salve, R ^a   Wang, J S ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a   Hudson, D ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault; Fracture; Matrix

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FRACTURE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POROSITY; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CURRENT SITE-SCALE MODEL; DUAL-CONTINUUM SYSTEMS; MATRIX DIFFUSION; YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER;

FAULT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNSATURATED FLOW;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; ROCK; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW; WATER TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEVADA; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 4444352736     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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