Influence of specific surface area on transport of sorbing solutes in fractures: An experimental analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1943-1954

  Wels, Christoph ^a,c   Smith, Leslie ^a   Vandergraaf, T T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^c Robertson GeoConsultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; STRONTIUM; TRACER; TRITIUM; WATER;

DESORPTION; DISPERSION; FRACTURE; GRAIN; GRANITE; HYSTERESIS; SOLUTE;

TRITIUM;

FRACTURES; SORPTION;

FRACTURE; HYSTERESIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TRACER;

EID: 0029663126     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00895     Document Type: Article

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