Colloid diffusion in crystalline rock: An experimental methodology to measure diffusion coefficients and evaluate colloid size dependence

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 372-383

  Alonso, Ursula ^a   Missana, Tiziana ^a   Patelli, Alessandro ^b   Rigato, Valentino ^c   Ravagnan, Jacopo ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b CIVEN   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

colloids; crystalline rock; diffusion; radioactive waste; RBS

Indexed keywords

COLLOID DIFFUSION; COLLOID SIZE DEPENDENCE; NUCLEAR ION BEAM TECHNIQUE; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROMETRY (RBS);

COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIFFUSION; GRANITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKSCATTER; COLLOID; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; GRANITE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SORPTION;

EID: 34250838711     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.042     Document Type: Article

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