Session No. 21 Sunday, October 27, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: A207
T68. Yucca Mountain Update: Recent Advances from Scientific Investigations of the Unsaturated Zone I
Robert Levich and Ronald Linden, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
21-18:00 AM TESTING AND MODELING OF THE UNSATURATED ZONE AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: BODVARSSON, Gudmundur S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, gsbodvarsson@lbl.gov.
21-28:15 AM UNSATURATED ZONE TESTING AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: THEN AND NOW: WANG, J.S.Y. and BODVARSSON, G.S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, jswang@lbl.gov
21-38:30 AM INFLUENCE OF TRANSITIONAL VOLCANIC STRATA ON LATERAL DIVERSION AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: FLINT, Lorraine E., U.S. Geol Survey, Placer Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, lflint@usgs.gov, FLINT, Alan L., U.S. Geol Survey, Placer Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, and SELKER, John S., Dept. of Bioresource Engineering, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97333
21-48:45 AM THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FAULTS AND THE MATRIX IN PAINTBRUSH GROUP NONWELDED TUFF AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: SALVE, R., OLDENBURG, C.M., and WANG, J.S.Y., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, r_salve@lbl.gov
21-59:00 AM IN SITU WATER-POTENTIAL VALUES OF THE NONWELDED UNITS OF THE PAINTBRUSH GROUP, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: LECAIN, Gary D., U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, gdlecain@usgs.gov, ELLETT, Kevin M., U.S. Geological Survey, Placer Hall 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819, and HUDSON, David, U.S. Geological Survey, 1180 Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144
21-69:15 AM RELATIVE HUMIDITY, PRESSURE, AND TEMPERATURE VALUES FROM THE GHOST DANCE FAULT ALCOVE 7, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: KURZMACK, Mark, S.M. Stoller Corp.c/o U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, kurzmack@usgs.gov, LECAIN, Gary D., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and HUDSON, David, U.S.Geological Survey, 1180 Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144
21-79:30 AM CHARACTERIZING UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF FRACTURES IN WELDED VOLCANIC TUFFS AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: FLINT, Alan L., U.S. Geol Survey, Placer Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, aflint@usgs.gov, HUDSON, David B., U.S. Geol Survey, 1180 Town Center Drive, MS 423, Las Vegas, NV 89144, and FLINT, Lorraine E., U.S. Geol Survey, Placer Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
21-89:45 AM METHODS OF DOCUMENTING VARIABILITY IN LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC FEATURES, FRACTURES, AND PROPERTIES IN THE TOPOPAH SPRING TUFF AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: BUESCH, David C.1, BEASON, Steven C.2, LUNG, Robert C.2, and EATMAN, George L.W.2, (1) US Geol Survey, 1180 N Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144-6363, dbuesch@usgs.gov, (2) Bureau of Reclamation, 1180 N. Town Center Dr, MS423, Las Vegas, NV 89144
 10:00 AM Break
21-910:15 AM THE PHYSICS OF UNSTABLE INFILTRATION, SEEPAGE, AND GRAVITY DRAINAGE: FAYBISHENKO, B., BODVARSSON, G.S., and SALVE, R., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, bafaybishenko@lbl.gov
21-1010:30 AM DISCRETE-FLOW-PATH DEVELOPMENT IN UNSATURATED FRACTURES AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN: BODVARSSON, Gudmundur S., WU, Yu-Shu, and ZHANG, Keni, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, One Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116, Berkeley, CA 94720, yswu@lbl.gov
21-1110:45 AM UNSATURATED FLOW IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL FRACTURE NETWORKS: LIU, H.H., BODVARSSON, G.S., and FINSTERLE, S., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, hhliu@lbl.gov
21-1211:00 AM ESTIMATES OF PAST SEEPAGE FROM CALCITE DISTRIBUTION IN THE EAST-WEST CROSS DRIFT, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: MARSHALL, Brian D.1, NEYMARK, Leonid A.2, and PACES, James B.1, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046, bdmarsha@usgs.gov, (2) S.M. Stoller Corp. c/o U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046
21-1311:15 AM INVERSE MODELING OF SEEPAGE INTO UNDERGROUND OPENINGS: FINSTERLE, S., AHLERS, F.C., TRAUTZ, R.C., and COOK, P.J., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, safinsterle@lbl.gov
21-1411:30 AM DUAL-CONTINUUM MODELING OF FLOW AND TRANSPORT IN THE DRIFT SHADOW: HOUSEWORTH, J.E.1, FINSTERLE, S.A.1, and BODVARSSON, G.S.2, (1) Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, jehouseworth@lbl.gov, (2) Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
21-1511:45 AM THE ROLE OF UNDERGROUND OPENINGS IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE AS A BARRIER IN ISOLATING HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE: STUCKLESS, John S., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 421, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, stuckles@usgs.gov.

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