Influence of biofilms on transport of fluids in subsurface granitic environments - Some mineralogical and petrographical observations of materials from column experiments

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 393-397

  Coombs, P ^a   West, J M ^a   Wagner, D ^a   Turner, G ^a   Noy, D J ^a   Milodowski, A E ^a   Lacinska, A ^a   Harrison, H ^a   Bateman, K ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LAND FILL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOFILM GROWTHS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN STUDIES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORTS; ENGINEERED BARRIERS; HARD ROCKS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; NATURAL GROUNDWATERS; ROCK SURFACES; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 57249116263     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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