Modelling of permafrost freezing and melting and the impact of a climatic cycle on groundwater flow at the Meuse/Haute-Marne site

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1531-1538

  Holmen J ^a   Benabderrahmane, H ^b   Buoro, A ^c   Brulhet, J ^b  

^a ANDRA ^*  (Sweden)

^b ANDRA   (France)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic cycle; Coupled flow and heat; Groundwater flow; Nuclear waste repository; Paris basin; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONES; CLIMATIC CYCLES; CLIMATIC EVOLUTION; CONVERGENCE CRITERION; COUPLED FLOW; FULLY-COUPLED; GEOLOGICAL LAYERS; GLACIAL ICE; GLACIAL PERIOD; GREAT DEPTH; HEAT TRANSPORT; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL FLOW; MEDIAN VALUE; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PARIS BASIN; PERMEABLE LAYERS; PERMEABLE MATERIAL; SPACE AND TIME; STEADY STATE; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROUNDWATER; TIME VARYING; TIME-PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSIONS;

PERMAFROST;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTION; FREEZING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MELTING; PERMAFROST; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE; FRANCE; HAUTE MARNE; LORRAINE; MEUSE; PARIS BASIN;

EID: 82955167900     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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