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Title: Natural gels in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada, USA

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OSTI ID:138283

Relict gels at Yucca Mountain include pore- and fracture-fillings of silica and zeolite related to diagenetic and hydrothermal alteration of vitric tuffs. Water-rich free gels in fractures at Rainier Mesa consist of smectite with or without silica-rich gel fragments. Gels are being studied for their potential role in transport of radionuclides from a nuclear-waste repository.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
138283
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-91-4035; CONF-911109-5; ON: DE92005058; TRN: 92:002525
Resource Relation:
Conference: Fall meeting of the European Materials Research Society (EMRS), Strasbourg (France), 5-8 Nov 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English