Diffusion as the main process for mass transport in very low water content argillites: 1. Chloride as a natural tracer for mass transport - Diffusion coefficient and concentration measurements in interstitial water

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Patriarche, Delphine ^a,b   Michelot, Jean Luc ^c   Ledoux, Emmanuel ^a   Savoye, Sébastien ^d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Chloride; Data acquisition; Diffusion coefficients; Interstitial water; Porosity; Transport

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

MASS TRANSPORT; WATER CONTENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CHLORIDE; DIFFUSION; POROSITY; TRACER;

ARGILLITE; CHLORIDE; DIFFUSION; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; POROSITY; TRACER;

AVEYRON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOURNEMIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542515456     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002600     Document Type: Article

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