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CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING, MONITORING, AND REMEDIATION OF FRACTURED ROCK
National Research Council.
National Academies Press, Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-0-309-37898-7, 244 pp, 2015

This report examines the state of practice and state of art in the characterization of fractured rock and the chemical and biological processes related to subsurface contaminant fate and transport. Fundamental understanding of the physical nature of fractured rock has changed little since the publication of the 1996 National Research Council report, Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow: Contemporary Understanding and Fluid Flow, but many new characterization tools have been developed along with a greater appreciation for the importance of chemical and biological processes that can occur in the fractured rock environment. The findings of this report are particularly applicable to engineered repositories for buried or stored waste and to fractured rock sites that have been contaminated as a result of past disposal or other practices. Recommendations are provided to help the practitioner, researcher, and decision-maker take a more interdisciplinary approach to engineering in the fractured rock environment. The report can be downloaded as a free PDF file at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21742/characterization-modeling-monitoring-and-remediation-of-fractured-rock.



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