Coupled thermo-hydro-chemical models of compacted bentonite after FEBEX in situ test

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1186-1201

  Samper, Javier ^a   Zheng, Liange ^a   Montenegro, Luis ^a   Fernández, Ana María ^b   Rivas, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WATER CONTENT;

COMPACTED BENTONITE CLAY BARRIERS; COUPLED THERMO HYDRO CHEMICAL MODELS; HORIZONTAL DRIFTS; SPANISH REFERENCE CONCEPT;

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DISSOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU TEST; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRIMSEL; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 42149172282     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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