A fractured roman glass block altered for 1800 years in seawater: Analogy with nuclear waste glass in a deep geological repository

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5372-5385

  Verney Carron, Aurelie ^a   Gin, Stephane ^a   Libourel, Guy ^b  

^a CEA Marcoule   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACK; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GLASS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SEAWATER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 54049115809     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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