A comparision of laboratory and field based determinations of molecular diffusion coefficients in a low permeability geologic medium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6730-6736

  Hendry, M Jim ^a   Barbour, S Lee ^a   Boldt Leppin, Brigitte E J ^a   Reifferscheid, Laura J ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; COEFFICIENT OF DIFFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; CORE BARREL; CORE SAMPLING; DIFFUSION CELLS; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; IN-SITU TESTING; LABORATORY TEST; LOW PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; SATURATED CLAY; TERM FIELD; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CORE SAMPLES;

DEUTERIUM;

AQUITARD; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SWELLING; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SAMPLE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 69549135908     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901036p     Document Type: Article

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