Assessment of Retention Processes for Transport in a Fractured System at Äspö (Sweden) Granitic Site: From Short-Time Experiments to Long-Time Predictive Models

Dynamic Fluids and Transport Through in Fractured Rock

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 117-128

  Grenier, Christophe ^a   Fourno, André ^a   Mouche, Emmanuel ^a   Delay, Frédérick ^b   Benabderrahmane, Hakim ^c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater flow Mathematical models; Rocks Permeability Mathematical models

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEEP GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84952891728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/162GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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