Ventilation experiment in the Mont Terri underground laboratory

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 32, Issue 8-14, 2007, Pages 616-628

  Mayor, Juan Carlos ^a   Velasco, Manuel ^b   García Siñeriz, José Luis ^c  

^a Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos SA   (Spain)

^b DM Iberia SA Albasanz 14 bis 3G   (Spain)

^c Asociacion Para La Investigacion y El Desarrollo Industrial de Los Recursos Naturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydromechanical model; Opalinus clay; Radioactive waste repository design; Rock desaturation; Rock instrumentation; Underground laboratory

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYGROMETERS; ROCK MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VENTILATION; WATER CONTENT;

HYDROMECHANICAL MODEL; OPALINUS CLAY; ROCK DESATURATION; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

CLAY; HYDROMECHANICS; REPOSITORY; ROCK PROPERTY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; VENTILATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847709988     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.04.030     Document Type: Article

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