Physico/chemical stability of smectite clays

Engineering Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 73-85

  Pusch, Roland ^a,b   Karnland, Ola ^a  

^a Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; REPOSITORY DESIGN; SMECTITE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DEHYDRATION; DISSOLUTION; DRYING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MODELS; POTASSIUM; SEDIMENTS; STABILITY;

ILLITE; INTERLAMELLAR SPACE; MINERAL CONVERSION PROCESS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STABILITY; SMECTITES;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 0029668431     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-7952(95)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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