Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part E - Equilibrium controls on chemistry of pore water from the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory, Switzerland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 990-1008

  Pearson, F J ^a   Tournassat, Christophe ^b   Gaucher, Eric C ^b  

^a Ground Water Geochemistry   (United States)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CATION EXCHANGE PROPERTIES; CATION EXCHANGES; CLAY FORMATION; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; LONG-TERM STORAGE; MINERAL EQUILIBRIA; MINERAL-WATER REACTIONS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NA/K RATIO; OPALINUS CLAY; PORE WATER MODEL; PORE WATERS; REANALYSIS; ROCK PROPERTIES; SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS; SELECTIVITY COEFFICIENT; STABILITY CONSTANTS; SWITZERLAND; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WATER SAMPLES;

BOREHOLES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; EXPERIMENTS; FELDSPAR; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; RHENIUM; ROCKS; WATER;

CLAY MINERALS;

ALKALI METAL; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; CALIBRATION; CLAY; CLAY MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLOMITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RESEARCH WORK; ROCK PROPERTY; SALINITY; SATURATION; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955805695     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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