CO2 data on gas and pore water sampled in situ in the Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri rock laboratory

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Vinsot, A ^a   Appelo, C A J ^b   Cailteau, C ^a,c   Wechner, S ^d   Pironon, J ^c   De Donato, P ^c   De Canniere P ^e   Mettler, S ^f   Wersin, P ^f   Gabler H E ^g  

^a ANDRA   (France)

^b UMR LEM ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d HYDROISOTOP GMBH   (Germany)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^g FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Gas diffusion; Infrared spectrometry online measurements; Reactive transport modeling; Stiff clay formation; Water sampling

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; INERT GASES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS; SAMPLING; SEEPAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; WATER;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; GAS DIFFUSION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY ONLINE MEASUREMENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; STIFF CLAY FORMATION; WATER SAMPLING;

GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE SYSTEM; PERTURBATION; POREWATER; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE;

EID: 55949137750     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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