Sandstones of unexpectedly high diffusibility

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 40-52

  Bashar, Khairul ^a   Tellam, John H ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusibility; Diffusion; Sandstone; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSIBILITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION RATE; ENGLAND; FORMATION FACTOR; HIGH PERMEABILITY; MASS FLUX; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; STEADY-STATE METHOD; TORTUOSITY; TRIASSIC;

DIFFUSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

SANDSTONE;

CALCIUM BROMIDE; GLYCINE;

DIFFUSION; PERMEABILITY; RED BED; SANDSTONE; TORTUOSITY; TRACER; TRIASSIC; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SAND; STEADY STATE; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; BROMIDES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951954880     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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