Geochemical and geophysical responses during the infiltration of fresh water into the contaminated saprolite of the Oak Ridge Integrated Field Research Challenge site, Tennessee

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4952-4970

  Revil, A ^a,b   Wu, Y ^c   Karaoulis, M ^b   Hubbard, S S ^c   Watson, D B ^d   Eppehimer, J D ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

complex conductivity; ERT; flow through experiment; induced polarization; resistivity; saprolite

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IONIC STRENGTH; LAKES; PH; ROCKS;

COMPLEX CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW-THROUGH EXPERIMENTS; INDUCED POLARIZATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; QUADRATURE CONDUCTIVITY; SAPROLITE;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FRESHWATER; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED POLARIZATION; INFILTRATION; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; PLUME; POREWATER; SAPROLITE; URANIUM;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881297676     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20380     Document Type: Article

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