GEM-Selektor geochemical modeling package: Revised algorithm and GEMS3K numerical kernel for coupled simulation codes

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-24

  Kulik, Dmitrii A ^a   Wagner, Thomas ^b   Dmytrieva, Svitlana V ^c   Kosakowski, Georg ^a   Hingerl, Ferdinand F ^a,b   Chudnenko, Konstantin V ^d   Berner, Urs R ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Environmental Geochemistry under National Academy of Sciences and Ministry for Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe   (Ukraine)

^d VINOGRADOV INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fluid rock interaction; Geochemical modeling; Gibbs energy minimization; Nonideal systems; Reactive mass transport

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84872274540     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-012-9310-6     Document Type: Article

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