Characterization of groundwater flow in the environment of the Boom Clay formation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1486-1495

  Gedeon, Matej ^a   Wemaere, Isabelle ^a,b   Labat, Serge ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for Nuclear Control   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boom Clay; Flow and transport models; Groundwater flow; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MODEL; AQUIFER SYSTEMS; BELGIUM; BOOM CLAYS; CONSECUTIVE MODELS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLOW SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER MODELS; HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MODELLING TOOLS; NEO GENES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING MODEL; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; REPOSITORY SYSTEMS; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; STEADY-STATE MODELS; SUB-SYSTEMS; TEST SITE; TRANSIENT MODEL;

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RESEARCH;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AQUIFER; BOOM CLAY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 82955168039     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.089     Document Type: Article

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