Organic carbon oxidation induced by large-scale shallow water intrusion into a vertical fracture zone at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Banwart, Steven ^a,h   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^b   Pedersen, Karsten ^c   Gustafsson, Erik ^d   Laaksoharju, Marcus ^e   Nilsson, Ann Chatrin ^a   Wallin, Bill ^f   Wikberg, Peter ^g  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d GEOSIGMA AB   (Sweden)

^e Geopoint AB   (Sweden)

^f Geokema AB   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONFERENCE PAPER; NUCLEAR WASTE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; OXIDATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REDOX STATUS; SOIL COVER; WASTE REPOSITORY; WATER INFLOW;

EID: 0029656353     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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