Multiple component end-member mixing model of dilution: Hydrochemical effects of construction water at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1517-1526

  Lu, Guoping ^a   Sonnenthal, Eric L ^a   Bodvarsson, Gudmundur S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilution; Hydrochemistry; Leaching; Linear mixing model; USA

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MIXING; MODELING; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER CONTENT;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 57049117474     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0322-1     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Fabryka-Martin JT, Turin HR, Brenner D, Dixon PR, Liu B, MusgraveJ, Wolfsberg AV (1998a) Summary report of chlorine-36 studies as of August 1996. Milestone 3782M, LA-13458-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
2. Fabryka-Martin JT, Turin HR, Brenner D, Dixon PR, Liu B, Musgrave J, Wolfsberg AV (1998b) Evaluation of flow and transport models of Yucca Mountain, based on Cl-36 and chloride studies for FY98. Milestone SP33DDM4. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
3. Fabryka-Martin JT, Wolfsberg AV, Roach JL, Winters ST, Wolfsberg LE (1998c) Using chloride to trace water movement in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain. In: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, pp 264-267
4. Faure G (1998) Principles and applications of geochemistry, 2nd edn. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
5. Finsterle S, Fabryka-Martin JT, Wang JSY (2002) Migration of water pulse through fractured porous media. J Contam Hydrol 54(1-2):37-57
6. Gascoyne M (2003) Soluble salts in the Yucca Mountain Tuff and their significance. Proceedings of the 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM). Las Vegas, NV, 30 March-2 April 2003, pp 340-347
7. Lide DR (2002) CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, 82nd edn. CRC, Boca Raton, FL
8. Lu G, Sonnenthal EL, Bodvarsson GS (2003) Implications of halide leaching on chlorine-36 studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Water Resour Res 39(12):1361-1375 doi: 10.1029/2003WR002546
9. Sonnenthal EL, Bodvarsson GS (1999) Constraint on the hydrology of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, NV from three-dimensional model of chloride and strontium geochemistry. J Contam Hydrol 38:107-156
10. Stuckless JS, Dudley WW (2002) The geohydrologic setting of Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Appl Geochem 17(6):659-682
11. Yang IC, Yu P, Rattray GW, Thorstenson DC (1998) Hydrochemical investigations and geochemical modeling in characterizing the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. US Geol Surv Water Resour Invest Rep 98-4132