Stratigraphy of the PB-1 well, nopal I Uranium deposit, Sierra Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 959-974

  Dobson, Patrick F ^a   Fayek, Mostafa ^b   Goodell, Philip C ^c   Ghezzehei, Teamrat A ^a   Melchor, Felipe ^d   Murrell, Michael T ^e   Oliver, Ronald ^e   Reyes Cortés, Ignacio A ^f   de la Garza, Rodrigo ^f   Simmons, Ardyth ^e  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d PetroLab   (Mexico)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ORE BODY; PETROGRAPHY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM; WELL;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

OPUNTIA;

EID: 65649090656     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.11.959     Document Type: Article

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