Modeling reactive geochemical transport of concentrated aqueous solutions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Zhang, Guoxiang ^a   Zheng, Zuoping ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC STRENGTH; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT; IONIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; WASTE FLUIDS;

SOLUTIONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15444377664     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003097     Document Type: Article

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