Hyperfiltration of sodium chloride through kaolinite membranes under relatively low-heads - Implications for groundwater assessment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1691-1702

  Hart, Megan ^a   Whitworth, T M ^a   Atekwana, Eliot ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT; HYPERFILTRATION; KAOLINITE MEMBRANES; SUBSURFACE PROCESSES;

KAOLINITE;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLAY; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC HEAD; KAOLINITE; MEMBRANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 43949125487     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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