Modeling solute transport through saturated zone ground water at 10 km scale: Example from the Yucca Mountain license application

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 7-25

  Kelkar, Sharad ^a   Ding, Mei ^a   Chu, Shaoping ^a   Robinson, Bruce A ^a   Arnold, Bill ^b   Meijer, Arend ^c   Eddebbarh, Al Aziz ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GCX Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough curves; Dispersion; Fractured rock; Matrix diffusion; Modeling solute transport; Volcanic formations

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; FRACTURED ROCK; MATRIX DIFFUSION; MODELING SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC FORMATION;

DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER; SORPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANOES;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUND WATER;

ADVECTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DISPERSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHREATIC ZONE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; HYDROLOGY; LICENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; SORPTION REACTION; UNCERTAINTY; VOLCANO; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEVADA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 77956267291     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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