Coupled hydrogeological and reactive transport modelling of the Simpevarp area (Sweden)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1957-1981

  Molinero, Jorge ^a   Raposo, Juan R ^b   Galíndez, Juan M ^b   Arcos, David ^a   Guimerá, Jordi ^a  

^a AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING S L   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA REDUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PAPER; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REUSABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW; THEOREM PROVING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESSING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; ELSEVIER (CO); FLOW CONDITIONING; GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE (HLRW); HYDROCHEMICAL; HYDROCHEMICAL DATA; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN ORDER; PROCESS ORIENTED (PO) APPROACHES; REACTIVE SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS; REACTIVE SOLUTES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; TRANSPORT CALCULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CALIBRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REPOSITORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SIMPEVARP; SWEDEN;

EID: 45049085376     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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