Groundwater flow and solute transport in fracture zones: An improved model for a large-scale field experiment at Äspo (Sweden);Ecoulement souterrain et transfert de solutés dans des zones fracturées: modèle amélioré pour une expérience sur le terrain à grande échelle à Äspp̈ (Suède)

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 42, Issue EXTRA ISSUE, 2004, Pages 157-172

  Molinero, Jorge ^a   Samper, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

sp ; Fracture zones; Groundwater flow; Numerical model; Redox Zone Experiment; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GRANITE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEEP REPOSITORIES; HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ASPO; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SODERMANLAND; SWEDEN;

EID: 9444228141     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221680409500059     Document Type: Article

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