Natural tracer profiles across argillaceous formations

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1035-1064

  Mazurek, Martin ^a   Alt Epping, Peter ^a   Bath, Adrian ^b   Gimmi, Thomas ^a,c   Niklaus Waber, H ^a   Buschaert, Stéphane ^d   Cannière, Pierre De ^e,i   Craen, Mieke De ^e   Gautschi, Andreas ^f   Savoye, Sébastien ^a,g   Vinsot, Agnès ^d   Wemaere, Isabelle ^e   Wouters, Laurent ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Intellisci   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d ANDRA   (France)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^g Ondraf/Niras ^*

^h FANC/AFCN   (Belgium)

ⁱ DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUITARDS; ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; CATIONIC CONTAMINANTS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CONSERVATIVE TRACERS; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; GRADUAL CHANGES; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU TEST; LENGTH SCALE; NATURAL TRACERS; NOBLE GAS; PORE SPACE; PORE WATERS; RETENTION CAPACITY; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOUR; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER ISOTOPE;

ADVECTION; AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHLORINE; HYDROGEOLOGY; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; NEGATIVE IONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

AQUITARD; ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOST ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RETENTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 79956274589     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.124     Document Type: Review

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