Biogeochemical processes in a clay formation in situ experiment: Part B - Results from overcoring and evidence of strong buffering by the rock formation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 954-966

  Koroleva, M ^a,c   Lerouge, C ^b   Mader U ^a   Claret, F ^b   Gaucher, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BUFFER CAPACITY; BULK PARAMETERS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CLAY FORMATION; DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRATION; HIGH-CONTENT; IN-SITU; IN-SITU EXPERIMENTS; LEACHATES; NON-REACTIVE TRACER; OPALINUS CLAY; OVER CORING; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; PROTON EXCHANGE; RADIAL PROFILES; REACTIVE TRACER; ROCK FORMATIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEM-EDX; SOLID-PHASE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SWITZERLAND; TIME-DEPENDENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; WATER COMPOSITION; XRD;

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BROMINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; POSITIVE IONS; WATER CONTENT;

EXPERIMENTS;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREHOLE; BROMINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINE; CLAY MINERAL; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER CONTENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

JURA [SWITZERLAND]; MONT TERRI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955836066     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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