A Mountain-Scale Model for Characterizing Unsaturated Flow and Transport in Fractured Tuffs of Yucca Mountain
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A Mountain-Scale Model for Characterizing Unsaturated Flow and Transport in Fractured Tuffs of Yucca Mountain
mountain-scale UZ flow model (Wu et al., 2003), which is in turn based on the analysis and results of the aboveWe present a large-scale modeling study characterizing fluid flow referenced work (as well as many other studies). Buildand tracer transport in the unsaturated zone (UZ) of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the proposed underground repository site for storing highing on our previous investigatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Vadose Zone Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1539-1663
DOI: 10.2113/3.3.796