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
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عنوان ژورنال: Vadose Zone Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1539-1663,1539-1663
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0796