Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part F - Reactive transport modelling

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1009-1022

  Tournassat, Christophe ^a   Alt Epping, Peter ^b   Gaucher, Eric C ^a   Gimmi, Thomas ^b,c   Leupin, Olivier X ^d   Wersin, Paul ^e  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^e Gruner AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL PERTURBATIONS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLAY FORMATION; CLAY SURFACES; FLUID COMPOSITION; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; OPALINUS CLAY; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; PRIMARY SOURCES; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELLING; REDOX POTENTIALS; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL ORGANIC C;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBONATE MINERALS; DEGRADATION; FLUORINE; GLYCEROL; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EXPERIMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PYRITE; SOLUTE; SULFATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955801599     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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