An analytical model for the interpretation of pulse injection experiments performed for testing the spatial variability of clay formations

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 423-436

  Aertsens, Marc ^a   Put, Martin ^a   Dierckx, Ann ^a,b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion equation; Analytical model; Boom Clay; Diffusion accessible porosity; Hydraulic conductivity; Pulse injection experiment; Radioactive waste management; Ypres Clay

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIFFUSION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

PULSE INJECTION;

HYDROLOGY;

IODIDE; WATER;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ADVECTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BELGIUM; CLAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLOW; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DIFFUSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TRITIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0037368579     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00118-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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