Retardation of mobile radionuclides in granitic rock fractures by matrix diffusion

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 14-16, 2008, Pages 983-990

  Holtta P ^a   Poteri, A ^a   Siitari Kauppi, M ^a   Huittinen, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Block scale experiments; Crystalline rock; Matrix diffusion; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); EXPERIMENTS; GRANITE; IODINE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SODIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

BLOCK-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; BREAKTHROUGH CURVES; CONSISTENT; CORE COLUMNS; DIFFERENT SCALES; DISPERSION MODELS; FLOW CONDITIONS; GRANITIC ROCKS; MATRIX DIFFUSION; MATRIX DIFFUSIONS; MIGRATION; MOBILE RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL FRACTURES; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORTS; SCOPING; TAYLOR DISPERSIONS; TRACER TESTS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WATER FLOW RATES;

FRACTURE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRANITE; IODIDE; MATRIX; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; ROCK BLOCK; SODIUM; TRACER; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 54549124553     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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