Influence of thermohaline effects on groundwater modelling - Application to the Paris sedimentary Basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-26

  de Hoyos, Amélie ^a   Viennot, Pascal ^b   Ledoux, Emmanuel ^b   Matray, Jean Michel ^a   Rocher, Muriel ^a   Certes, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrogeology; Nuclear waste disposal; Paris sedimentary Basin; Salinity; Thermohaline numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SYSTEMS; ARGILLACEOUS FORMATIONS; DENSITY EFFECTS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODELS; PARIS BASIN; PIEZOMETRIC LEVELS; SALINE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC FAULTS; THERMOHALINE; TRANSFER TIME; TRIASSIC; WATER FLUX;

AQUIFERS; CALIBRATION; FAULTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SETTLING TANKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUIFER; ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; CALIBRATION; FLOW PATTERN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HALITE; HYDRAULIC HEAD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIEZOMETER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SAFETY; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84866156082     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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