Large-scale tracer profiles in a deep claystone formation (Opalinus Clay at Mont Russelin, Switzerland): Implications for solute transport processes and transport properties of the rock

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 284-296

  Koroleva, Margarita ^a   Alt Epping, Peter ^a   Mazurek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chloride; Diffusion; Natural tracers; Opalinus Clay; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY RATIO; CHLORIDE; CLAYSTONES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIRECT METHOD; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; LIMESTONE AQUIFERS; MOTORWAY TUNNELS; NATURAL TRACERS; OPALINUS CLAY; PORE WATERS; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; SWITZERLAND; THRUST FAULTS; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AQUIFER; CHLORIDE; CLAYSTONE; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; POREWATER; RECHARGE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78650819604     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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