Nanoparticles and their influence on radionuclide mobility in deep geological formations

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-403

  Schäfer, Thorsten ^a,b   Huber, Florian ^a   Seher, Holger ^a   Missana, Tiziana ^c   Alonso, Ursula ^c   Kumke, Michael ^d   Eidner, Sascha ^d   Claret, Francis ^e   Enzmann, Frieder ^f  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e BRGM   (France)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOM CLAYS; CLAYSTONES; COMPACTED BENTONITE; CONTACT WATER; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION (CCC); CURRENT STATUS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; EROSION RATES; FAR-FIELD; FULVIC ACIDS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; HOST ROCKS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; LOW RATES; MELT WATER; MOLECULAR SIZE; NEAR-FIELD; ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; ORGANICS; PLASTIC CLAY; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SALT ROCKS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BENTONITE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC ACIDS; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS;

NANOPARTICLES;

BOOM CLAY; CLAYSTONE; COAGULATION; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DIFFUSION; FULVIC ACID; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOST ROCK; MOBILITY; MOBILIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; REPOSITORY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855676800     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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