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Natural Analogues: Alamosa River Monzonite Intrusive into Tuffaceous and Andesitic Rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

D. G. Brookins ,
M. S. Abashian ,
L. H. Cohen ,
A. E. Williams ,
H. A. Wollenberg  and
S. Flesser
D. G. Brookins
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
M. S. Abashian
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
L. H. Cohen
Affiliation:
University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
A. E. Williams
Affiliation:
University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, USA
H. A. Wollenberg
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
S. Flesser
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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This project encompasses investigations of selected natural analogues of minerals and rocks containing radioelements and fission-product elements, to ascertain how radionuclides and their daughter elements may migrate from sites of origin in response to long-term natural processes such as heating due to an igneous intrusion, circulating hydrothermal systems, diffusion through the rock matrix, weathering and erosion. Comparison of natural occurrences with conceptual models based on laboratory data will furnish a test of such models over time periods comparable to or longer than those expected for a repository.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 15: Symposium D – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management VI , 1982 , 299
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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