Tracer tests in fractured rocks with a new fluorescent dye - Pyrene-1,3,6,8-tetra sulphonic acid (PTS)

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 543-554

  Einsiedl, Florian ^a   Maloszewski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractured rock; Matrix diffusion; Monopole and dipole tracer tests; New fluorescent dye; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; FRACTURE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

FRACTURED ROCKS; LINDAU ROCK LABORATORY (LRL); MULTI-TRACER TESTS; PYRENE-1,3,6,8-TETRA SULPHONIC ACID (PTS); SINGLE-FISSURE DISPERSION MODEL (SFDM);

ROCKS;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 20844455458     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.50.3.543.65026     Document Type: Article

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