Influence of embedded fractures on contaminant diffusion in geological formations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 925-928

  Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Scher, Harvey ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; SOLVENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFUSION; ERRORS; GEOMETRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); ROCKS;

CONTAMINANT DIFFUSION; CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; DIFFUSION PATHS; FRACTURE STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; PERCOLATION CLUSTERS;

CONTAMINATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CONTAMINANT DIFFUSION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FRACTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE;

CONTAMINANT DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION PATH; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; PERCOLATION THEORY;

EID: 0029666555     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00873     Document Type: Article

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