Comparison of the bulk geochemical features and thermal reactivity of kerogens from Mol (Boom Clay), Bure (Callovo-Oxfordian argillite) and Tournemire (Toarcian shales) underground research laboratories

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 475-485

  Deniau, I ^a   Devol Brown, I ^b   Derenne, S ^a   Behar, F ^c   Largeau, C ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

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

^c IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Argillaceous formations; Bure; CO2 production; Gaseous effluents; Kerogen; Liquid effluents; Mol; Radioactive waste disposal; Thermal stress; Tournemire

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; HIGH SORPTION CAPACITY; LIQUID EFFLUENTS; RADIOELEMENTS; TOURNEMIRE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASEOUS EFFLUENTS; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HEAVY METALS; MACROMOLECULES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRESS;

KEROGEN;

KEROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGILLITE; BOOM CLAY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; KEROGEN; LABORATORY METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHALE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SAMPLE; SOLID STATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RESEARCH; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; AVEYRON; BELGIUM; BENELUX; BURE PLATEAU; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MIDI-PYRENEES; MOL; SWITZERLAND; TOURNEMIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36049011906     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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