Transfers through argillaceous rocks over large space and time scales: Insights given by water stable isotopes

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Savoye, S ^a   Michelot, J L ^b   Bensenouci, F ^a,b   Matray, J M ^a   Cabrera, J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Argillite; Deuterium; Diffusion; Pore water; Tournemire

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER;

ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; ARGILLITE; DIFFUSION PARAMETERS; DIFFUSIVE MODELS; DIFFUSIVE PROCESSES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; ISOTOPE DATUMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; LARGE SPACES; PETROPHYSICAL; PORE WATER; PORE WATERS; RADIAL DIFFUSIONS; TOURNEMIRE; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; VACUUM DISTILLATIONS; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARGILLITE; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POREWATER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

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

EID: 55949126155     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.049     Document Type: Article

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