Protecting the redox stability of a deep repository: concepts, results and experience from the Aspo hard rock laboratory

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 157, Issue , 1999, Pages 85-99

  Banwart, Steven A ^a   Wikberg, Peter ^a   Puigdomenech, Ignasi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RECHARGE; REDOX POTENTIAL; REPOSITORY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033427691     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.157.01.07     Document Type: Article

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