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argillite, etc ; autoradiography; cement; geochemistry; groundwater; magnesium; porosity; strength (mechanics); Show all 8 Subjects
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... This paper focuses on the impact of ground water on the chemo-mechanical behavior of low-pH cementitious materials. Two kinds of ground water are considered, calcareous water and argillite pore water. A sample of low-pH cement paste was immersed for two months in each solution. Chemo-mechanical characterizations (SEM, C-14 PMMA autoradiography, nano-indentation) were performed to estimate the degr ...
argillite, etc ; aquifers; case studies; electrodes; groundwater; hydraulic conductivity; hydraulic resistance; lithology; models; surveys; tomography; topsoil; Nigeria; Show all 13 Subjects
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... AVI (Aquifer vulnerability index), GOD (groundwater occurrence, overlying lithology and depth to the aquifer), GLSI (geo-electric layer susceptibility indexing) and S (longitudinal unit conductance) models were used to assess economically exploitable groundwater resource in the coastal environment of Akwa Ibom State, southern Nigeria. The models were employed in order to delineate groundwater into ...
argillite, etc ; bentonite; permeability; radioactive waste; soil fabric; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Mixture of excavated Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) argillite and MX80 bentonite has been proposed as potential sealing material for the French deep geological disposal facility of radioactive waste. The mixtures hydro-mechanical behaviour was studied in order to assess their response on design requirements. At the as-compacted state, soil fabric analysed by the MIP technique, showed single-modal pore di ...
argillite, etc ; clay; data collection; geochemistry; hydrochemistry; models; oxidation; pH; permeability; piezometers; radioactive waste; sea level; solubility; statistical analysis; uncertainty; Belgium; Show all 16 Subjects
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... In many countries, geological disposal in clay is the primary option for the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent fuel. In Belgium, the Boom Clay is studied as a potential host rock for the disposal of radioactive waste. In this frame, the pore water geochemistry of the Boom Clay is an essential feature for evaluating the performance and long term safety of geological disposal ...
... Water has a crucial effect on the time-dependent behavior of rocks. The long-term cyclical fluctuations of reservoir water level lead to dry–wet (DW) cycles of rocks on reservoir bank slopes, making this influential factor more complex. To deeply understand the time-dependent behavior of rocks under DW cycles, argillite from the reservoir bank slope of Longtan Hydropower Station was used to perfor ...
argillite, etc ; Pleistocene epoch; atmospheric precipitation; cerrado; data collection; dry climates; equations; fossils; humidity; landscapes; leaf area; leaves; meteorological data; monsoon season; palaeogeography; paleoclimatology; paleoecology; palynology; pollen; savannas; solar radiation; summer; temperature; Brazil; Show all 24 Subjects
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... This study is the first report of the fossil macroflora of the Paleolagoa Seca, an Upper Quaternary fossil locality of lacustrine origin in central Brazil. Here we present an analysis of well-preserved fossil leaves collected from an argillite level dated at ca. 43,000 cal yr BP and discuss the paleoclimatic implications of this record. We reconstructed paleotemperature and paleoprecipitation usin ...
argillite, etc ; bentonite; clay; permeability; radioactive waste; safety assessment; Belgium; France; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Opalinus clay (OPA) is currently being investigated as a potential host rock for radioactive waste repository. The construction of this repository will lead to an excavation-damaged zone (EDZ) in the surrounding. Its sealing ability is crucial for the safety assessment of the geological repository. The sealing ability of OPA has a close relationship with its water retention and gas permeability be ...
argillite, etc ; aquifers; case studies; clay; data collection; geophysics; gravel; groundwater; laterites; limestone; magnetism; marl; permeability; porosity; silt; tectonics; Nigeria; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Groundwater potential of some parts of Cross River State, Nigeria, was assessed involving vertical electrical sounding (VES) and high-resolution aeromagnetic methods (HRAM). The VES and HRAM dataset were used to delineate the hydro-lithostratigraphic units and map the spatial distributions of geologic structures, respectively. The electro-stratigraphic sections revealed the various hydro-lithostra ...
argillite, etc ; deformation; friction; mathematical models; monitoring; Show all 5 Subjects
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... This paper reports on the use of discrete element method to investigate the deformation and failure characteristics of an argillite consequent slope presenting signs of creeping and deformation. The proposed numerical model (based on Burgers model) takes into account the friction coefficient, bonding stiffness, and strength of the constituent materials, as well as the stiffness and strength of int ...
A. Millard; N. Mokni; J. D. Barnichon; K. Thatcher; A. Bond; A. Fraser-Harris; C. Mc Dermott; R. Blaheta; Z. Michalec; M. Hasal; T. S. Nguyen; O. Nasir; H. Yi; O. Kolditz
argillite, etc ; laboratory experimentation; models; permeability; radioactive waste; waste disposal; France; Show all 7 Subjects
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... In this paper, a comparative modelling exercise from the DECOVALEX-2015 project is presented. The exercise is based on in situ experiments, performed at the Tournemire Underground Research Laboratory (URL), run by the IRSN (Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire), in France. These experiments aim at identifying conditions (e.g. technical specifications, design, construction, and defect ...
argillite, etc ; atmospheric precipitation; base flow; bedrock; drainage; drought; dry season; gravel; groundwater; lithology; prediction; research; rivers; sandstone; summer; California; Show all 16 Subjects
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... In seasonally dry environments, critical zone drainage provides base flow that sustains river ecosystems. The extent of wetted channels and magnitude of base flow throughout the network, however, are rarely documented, and no general theory currently exists enabling the prediction of these key ecosystem properties. We conducted channel surveys in early and late summers of 2012, 2014, and 2015 in f ...
... The leaching of ²⁹Si-doped SON68 French nuclear waste glass was investigated in Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) water in the presence of P235GH stainless steel and COx argillite. Experiments were carried out to understand the effect of near-field materials on the rate of glass dissolution and the migration of ²⁹Si in the claystone core. Tests were performed by using percolation cells containing glass and ...
argillite, etc ; bentonite; decision making; engineering; hydrology; mechanical properties; mineral content; radioactive waste; simulation models; temperature; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Subsurface manipulations such as those expected from the disposal of heat-emanating radioactive waste in deep repositories can induce strongly coupled Thermal (T), hydrological (H), mechanical (M) and chemical (C) processes. Adequate coupled THMC models are highly desirable or even indispensable for performance assessment of such repositories, for examples for the analysis of bentonite-based engin ...
argillite, etc ; data collection; engineering; sandstone; shale; Greenland; New Zealand; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This paper discusses the Geological Strength Index (GSI). It provides data from four different rock masses to extend the case history offered by Hoek et al. (2013) in their paper that proposes to quantify GSI with RQD and the joint condition rating of RMR.The correlation between the GSI assessed from its chart and the quantified GSI was found to be fair for the datasets from the four rock masses; ...
... Spatial distribution of altered minerals in rocks and soils in the Gadag Schist Belt (GSB) is carried out using Hyperion data of March 2013. The entire spectral range is processed with emphasis on VNIR (0.4–1.0 μm) and SWIR regions (2.0–2.4 μm). Processing methodology includes Fast Line-of-sight Atmospheric Analysis of Spectral Hypercubes correction, minimum noise fraction transformation, spectral ...
argillite, etc ; Cambisols; Fluvisols; Regosols; Umbrisols; clay; loam soils; national parks; sandy soils; tephra; topography; tropical soils; Vietnam; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Morphogenetic features of soils on the selected plots in the Cat Tien National Park in southern Vietnam have been studied with the use of a set of morphological, analytical, and instrumental methods. The lithological factor and topographic position play the leading role in the development of the particular genetic soil features. The soils can be subdivided into four groups according to these facto ...
argillite, etc ; basins; deformation; geophysics; gravity; limestone; research; tectonics; viscoelasticity; France; Show all 10 Subjects
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... The large‐scale stress patterns observed in intraplate areas are often considered to result from far‐field boundary forces that drive plate tectonics. However, no present‐day deformation has been detected in the French Paris Basin, yet significant deviatoric stresses are measured in limestone formations observed above soft argillite layers encountered in this region. Further, the pore pressure mea ...
W. Jesse Hahm; Daniella M. Rempe; David N. Dralle; Todd E. Dawson; Sky M. Lovill; Alexander B. Bryk; David L. Bish; Juergen Schieber; William E. Dietrich
argillite, etc ; Mediterranean climate; base flow; botanical composition; coasts; drainage; dry season; ecosystems; evergreen forests; groundwater; land use; lithology; overland flow; plant available water; rain; research; sandstone; savanna woodlands; solar energy; storms; summer; trees; water potential; water storage; California; Show all 25 Subjects
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... Explanations for distinct adjacent ecosystems that extend across hilly landscapes typically point to differences in climate or land use. Here we document—within a similar climate—how contrasting regional plant communities correlate with distinct underlying lithology and reveal how differences in water storage capacity in the critical zone (CZ) explain this relationship. We present observations of ...
... Drillholes represent one of the clearest lines of evidence for predation of benthic invertebrates in the fossil record and are frequently used as a primary proxy for predation intensity in the fossil record. Drillholes are abundant in the late Cretaceous and Cenozoic, but their occurrence is patchy in older deposits of the Mesozoic. The inconsistent record of drillholes in pre-Cretaceous deposits ...
argillite, etc ; archaeology; manufacturing; models; pipes; raw materials; North America; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Several types of smoking pipes have been manufactured and used throughout later prehistoric and historic times around the world. Although substantial information exists on the styles of these pipes, little is known about their methods of manufacture or the types of sites on which they were made. This study focuses on testing a postulated model of pipe manufacture through the experimental replicati ...