In situ tracer tests to determine retention properties of a block scale fracture network in granitic rock at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 271-297

  Andersson, Peter ^a,b   Byegård, Johan ^a,b   Tullborg, Eva Lena ^c   Doe, Thomas ^d   Hermanson, Jan ^e   Winberg, Anders ^b  

^a GEOSIGMA AB   (Sweden)

^b Terralogica AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

^d GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^e Golder Associates AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crystalline rock; Fracture; In situ; Migration; Radionuclide; Retention; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FRACTURE; HYDROLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS; WATER;

FRACTURE NETWORK; RETENTION PROPERTIES;

GRANITE;

BARIUM; BROMINE 82; CALCIUM 47; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; POTASSIUM 42; RUBIDIUM 86; SODIUM 22; SODIUM 24; STRONTIUM 85; TRACER;

BEDROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; RADIONUCLIDE; RETENTION; SORPTION; TRACER;

ADSORPTION; ADVECTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; GRANITE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WATER FLOW;

GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2342529733     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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