Solute transport in crystalline rocks at Äspö - I: Geological basis and model calibration

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 157-174

  Mazurek, Martin ^a   Jakob, Andreas ^b   Bossart, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Geotechnisches Institut AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dipole tracer experiments; Fault geometry; Fault gouge; Fractured rock; Matrix diffusion; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; POROSITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

TRACER;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT GOUGE; FRACTURE FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; GEOLOGY; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; ROCK; SCALE UP; SOLUTE;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SWEDEN; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0037367573     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00137-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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