Unsaturated properties for non-Darcian water flow in clay

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 430-431, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-178

  Liu, Hui Hai ^a   Li, Lianchong ^a   Birkholzer, Jens ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay rock; Geological repository; Non Darcian flow; Shale gas; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

CLAY MATERIALS; COMPACTED CLAYS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN; PORE WATERS; ROCK FORMATIONS; SHALE GAS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WATER FLOWS; WATER FLUX; WATER SATURATIONS;

FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDRAULICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

CLAY;

BACKFILL; BENTONITE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLAY SOIL; CLAYSTONE; DARCY LAW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SHALE; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84862800995     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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