Equilibrium halite-H2O dihedral angles: High rock-salt permeability in the shallow crust?

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-434

  Lewis, Stephanie ^a   Holness, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; SALT DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FLUID INTERACTIONS; FORMATION WATER; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; HEAT-PRODUCING;

DIHEDRAL ANGLE;

BRINE; EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HALITE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROCK SALT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER; CONNECTIVITY; DIHEDRAL ANGLE; P/T CONDITIONS; PORE FLUID; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SALT;

EID: 0029731437     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0431:EHHODA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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