Radionuclide transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain: Numerical model and preliminary field observations

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 323-336

  Robinson, Bruce A ^a   Bussod, Gilles Y ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 83455235695     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0323     Document Type: Chapter

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