Spatial variability of transport parameters in the Boom Clay

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 37-45

  Aertsens, M ^a   Wemaere, I ^a   Wouters, L ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Agency for Management of Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Boom Clay; Diffusion accessible porosity; Hydraulic conductivity; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; THICKNESS CONTROL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOOM CLAY; HIGH-QUALITY CORES; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

CLAY;

BOOM CLAY; DIFFUSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242708000     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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