Characterisation of pore water in crystalline rocks

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1834-1861

  Waber, H N ^a   Smellie, J A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Conterra AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC DRIVES; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MICROFRACTURES; PORE WATER; ROCK MATRIX;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; HOST ROCK; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POREWATER; POROSITY; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SEEPAGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FORSMARK; KALMAR [SWEDEN]; LAXEMAR; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 45049084239     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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