Stochastic simulation of uranium migration at the Hanford 300 Area

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 120-121, Issue C, 2011, Pages 115-128

  Hammond, Glenn E ^a   Lichtner, Peter C ^b   Rockhold, Mark L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hanford 300 Area; Heterogeneous permeability; High performance computing; Reactive transport

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA RIVER; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; HANFORD; HETEROGENEOUS PERMEABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; HIGH-RESOLUTION PERMEABILITY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; PETASCALE; PROCESSOR CORES; REACTIVE FLOW; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY; SIMULATION CAPABILITY; SIMULATION RESULT; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION; WORK FOCUS;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PARALLEL FLOW; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; URANIUM;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER; URANIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MIGRATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; URANIUM; WASHINGTON; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77957703485     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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