Transport properties of the Callovo-Oxfordian clay rock under partially saturated conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Jougnot, D ^a,b,c,d   Revil, A ^b,c   Lu, N ^c   Wayllace, A ^c  

^a ANDRA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; CROSS-COUPLINGS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE-LAYER; ELECTROKINETIC; HERMETIC CHAMBERS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LIQUID-WATER PHASE; NUCLEAR WASTE; PARTIALLY SATURATED; POWER LAW MODEL; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SATURATION RANGE; STREAMING POTENTIAL; SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT EQUATION; VAPOR PHASE; VERY LOW PERMEABILITY; WATER SATURATIONS; WEIGHT LOSS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CEMENTS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CLAY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROMECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; POWER LAW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SATURATION; STORAGE; STREAMING POTENTIAL;

EID: 77955562255     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008552     Document Type: Article

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