Characterization of the intragranular water regime within subsurface sediments: Pore volume, surface area, and mass transfer limitations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hay, Michael B ^a   Stoliker, Deborah L ^a   Davis, James A ^a,b   Zachara, John M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BROMIDE IONS; BULK SOLUTIONS; CAPILLARY FRINGE; DIFFUSIVE TRACERS; FIRST-ORDER; GRAIN FRACTURE; HANFORD; HANFORD SITE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTRAGRANULAR PORES; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MASS TRANSFER RATE; MINERAL SURFACES; MULTI RATE; PORE SPACE; PORE VOLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTIVE SURFACE AREA; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; SOLID VOLUMES; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE HYDROXYL; TOTAL POROSITY; TOTAL SURFACE AREA; TRACER EXPERIMENT; TRITIATED WATER; WASHINGTON; WATER REGIME;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; DATA TRANSFER RATES; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRITIUM; URANIUM;

AGGLOMERATION;

BROMIDE; CAPILLARY FRINGE; COATING; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MASS TRANSFER; PENETRATION; POND; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; REPLACEMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE AREA; TRACER; TRITIUM; URANIUM;

HANFORD; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 80455174856     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010303     Document Type: Article

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