Identification of relative conductivity models for water flow and solute transport in unsaturated bentonite

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Dai, Zhenxue ^a   Samper, Javier ^b   Wolfsberg, Andrew ^a   Levitt, Daniel ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FEBEX bentonite; Inverse modeling; Model identification; Relative conductivity; Solute transport; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INFORMATION THEORY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; TESTING; WATER CONTENT;

FEBEX BENTONITE; INVERSE MODELING; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; RELATIVE CONDUCTIVITY; UNSATURATED FLOW;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BENTONITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 55949128205     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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