Laboratory measurement of hydrodynamic saline dispersion within a micro-fracture network induced in granite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 407-418

  Odling, Nicholas W A ^a   Elphick, Stephen C ^a   Meredith, Philip ^b   Main, Ian ^a   Ngwenya, Bryne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

experimental dispersion; fracture network; impedance; saline flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC SALINE DISPERSION; MICROFRACTURE NETWORK; SALINE FLOW;

DISPERSIONS; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL STRESS;

GRANITE;

ELECTROLYTE; FRACTURE NETWORK; GRANITE; PERMEABILITY; SALINITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 34447523415     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.034     Document Type: Article

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