Groundwater characterisation and modelling of water-rock interaction in an argillaceous formation (Tournemire, France)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2182-2197

  Beaucaire, C ^a   Michelot, J L ^b   Savoye, S ^a   Cabrera, J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; SODIUM;

CHARACTERISATION; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

AQUIFER; ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

AVEYRON; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOURNEMIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48349134869     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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