Transport and retention from single to multiple fractures in crystalline rock at Äspö (Sweden): 1. Evaluation of tracer test results and sensitivity analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cvetkovic, V ^a   Cheng, H ^a   Byegard, J ^b   Winberg, A ^c   Tullborg, E L ^d   Widestrand, H ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Geosigma AB   (Germany)

^c Conterra AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d Terralogica AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DIFFUSION MODEL; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; HARD ROCKS; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; LENGTH SCALE; MULTIPLE FRACTURE; NON-SORBING TRACERS; RESIDENCE TIME; RETENTION PROPERTIES; ROCK MATRIX; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SORPTION AFFINITY; SURFACE SORPTIONS; TRACER TESTS; TWO PHASIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; FRACTURE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADVECTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CALIBRATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; POROSITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; TRACER;

ASPO; SODERMANLAND; SWEDEN;

EUCLIDIA;

EID: 77949647628     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008013     Document Type: Article

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