Surface diffusivity of cleaved NaCl crystals as a function of humidity: Impedance spectroscopy measurements and implications for crack healing in rock salt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Koelemeijer, Paula J ^a,b   Peach, Colin J ^a   Spiers, Christopher J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSIVITY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ROCK SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84856250578     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008627     Document Type: Article

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