A complex network theoretic approach for interdependence investigation: An application to radionuclide behavior in the subsurface

The failure of uranium mine tailings dams results in the infiltration and spreading of tailings in the subsurface. The fate and transport of radionuclides in the subsurface depends on several confounding, complex interdependent factors that describe the elements of the integrated system (i.e., meteorological; hydrological; hydrogeological; and, soil, groundwater, and mine tailings chemistry). The factors describing the integrated system have...