Self-diffusion of water in a natural hypersaline solution (Dead Sea brine)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 845-848

  Yechieli, Yoseph ^a   Ronen, Daniel ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BRINES; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; PHASE INTERFACES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS; WATER;

DEAD SEA BRINE; DISTILLED WATER; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SELF-DIFFUSION; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SELF-DIFFUSION OF WATER; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

BRINE; HYPERSALINE SOLUTION; SELF DIFFUSION;

DEAD SEA;

HYPERSALINE SOLUTIONS; SELF DIFFUSION;

EID: 0029667679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00592     Document Type: Article

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