Cracking in a cementitious backfill and its implications for flow and chemistry

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3071-3082

  Swift, B T ^a   Bamforth, P B ^b   Baston, G M N ^a  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b 8 Hamilton Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armouring; Brucite; Calcite; Cementitious backfill; Cracking; Geological disposal; Groundwater flow; PH; Waste

Indexed keywords

ARMOURING; BRUCITE; CEMENTITIOUS; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; PLASTIC SETTLEMENTS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS;

CALCITE; CRACK INITIATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PH; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

CRACKS;

BACKFILL; BRUCITE; CALCITE; CEMENT; CRACK PROPAGATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POREWATER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REPOSITORY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84875693352     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: 14718022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.8.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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