Contribution of the diffusive exchange method to the characterization of pore-water in consolidated argillaceous rocks

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 87-104

  Savoye, Sebastien ^a   Michelot, Jean luc ^b   Wittebroodt, Charles ^a   Altinier, Maria Victoria ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Argillite; Chloride; Diffusion; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARGILLITE; CHLORIDES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; ROCKS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CHLORIDE; ISOTOPE; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS;

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; ARGILLITE; CLAYSTONE; DIFFUSION; POREWATER; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE EXCHANGE METHOD; DISTILLATION; EXTRACTION; LIQUID; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; TECHNIQUE; VACUUM; VALIDITY;

CHLORIDES; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; OXYGEN; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33744917559     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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