Conceptual model for small-volume alkali basalt petrogenesis: Implications for volcanic hazards at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository

Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities

Volumn 9780521887977, Issue , 2009, Pages 195-228

  Spera, F J ^a   Fowler, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCES; FUELS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPENT FUEL DISPOSAL; SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84921990459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511635380.009     Document Type: Chapter

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