Diffusion as the main process for mass transport in very low water content argillites: 2. Fluid flow and mass transport modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Patriarche, Delphine ^a,b   Ledoux, Emmanuel ^a   Michelot, Jean Luc ^c,e   Simon Coinçon, Régine ^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)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Chloride; Deuterium; Diffusion coefficients; Interstitial water; Porosity; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER;

CHLORIDES; MASS TRANSPORT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CHLORIDE; DIFFUSION; MODELING; POREWATER;

ARGILLITE; CHLORIDE; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSPORT; MODELING; POREWATER;

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

EID: 2542518560     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002700     Document Type: Article

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