Ageing effect on the mineral and chemical composition of Opalinus Clays (Mont Terri, Switzerland) after excavation and surface storage

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2000-2014

  Techer, Isabelle ^a   Clauer, Norbert ^b   Liewig, Nicole ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b France and Karlsruher Institut für Technologie   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEING EFFECTS; ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL DATA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; ELEMENT CONTENTS; EXCAVATION WALLS; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JAROSITES; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LEACHATES; MINERAL AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW MINERAL; OPALINUS CLAY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYHYDROXIDES; ROCK POWDERS; ROCK SAMPLE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEM; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; STORAGE TIME; SURFACE STORAGE; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY MINERALS; CORE SAMPLES; EXCAVATION; LEACHING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; POWDERS; PYRITES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MINERALS;

AGING; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; EXCAVATION; MINERAL; PYRITE; STORAGE; SULFATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70349257141     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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