Solute transport in crystalline rocks at Äspö - II: Blind predictions, inverse modelling and lessons learnt from test STT1

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 175-190

  Jakob, Andreas ^a   Mazurek, Martin ^b   Heer, Walter ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual porosity; Matrix diffusion; Modelling; Radionuclide transport; Sorption; Streamtube; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; HYDROLOGY; POROSITY; SORPTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM 47; CESIUM 137; FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; RUBIDIUM 86; SODIUM 22; STRONTIUM 85; TRACER; TRITIUM OXIDE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; DUAL POROSITY; MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SORPTION;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACTION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; ROCK; SCALE UP; SOLUTE;

CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SWEDEN; TRITIUM; WATER;

EID: 12244289644     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(02)00136-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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