Gas migration properties through a bentonite/argillite interface

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 639-648

  Davy, Catherine A ^a   Skoczylas, F ^a   Lebon, P ^b   Dubois, T ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Argillite; Bentonite; Gas migration; Nuclear waste storage; Pulse test; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BENTONITE; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; EXPERIMENTS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POWDERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARGILLITE; COMPACTED BENTONITES; CRITICAL PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORIES; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; GAS MIGRATION; GAS MIGRATIONS; GAS PRESSURES; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU; INDUSTRIAL USES; NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENTS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE; PULSE TEST; STORAGE TUNNELS; SWELLING PRESSURES; TEST RIGS; WATER PERMEABILITIES;

PHASE INTERFACES;

ARGILLITE; BENTONITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST ROCK; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; SWELLING;

EID: 56549102844     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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