An empirical probabilistic approach for constraining the uncertainty of long-term solute transport predictions in fractured rock using in situ tracer experiments

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1093-1110

  Uchida, Masahiro ^a   Dershowitz, William ^b   Lee, Glori ^b   Shuttle, Dawn ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

sp Task Force; Discrete fracture network; Fractured rocks; Numerical modeling; Sweden; Tracer tests

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; RETENTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649401924     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-008-0417-8     Document Type: Article

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