scholarly journals Field-scale water transport in unsaturated crystalline rock

1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Gimmi ◽  
M. Schneebeli ◽  
H. Flühler ◽  
H. Wydler ◽  
T. Baer
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Crystalline Rock ◽  
Field Scale

Water transport pathways influence the propagation of field‐scale NO 3 ‐ ‐N reductions to the watershed scale

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia L. Grose ◽  
Shannon L. Speir ◽  
Audrey N. Thellman ◽  
Martha M. Dee ◽  
Jennifer L. Tank
Keyword(s):  
Water Transport ◽  
Watershed Scale ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Transport Pathways

Bacterial Transport in Fractured Rock – A Field-Scale Tracer Test at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Champ ◽  
J. Schroeter
Keyword(s):  
Water Movement ◽  
Fractured Rock ◽  
Tracer Tests ◽  
Crystalline Rock ◽  
Tracer Test ◽  
Breakthrough Curves ◽  
Water Recovery ◽  
Field Scale ◽  
Particulate Contaminants ◽  
Conservative Tracers

The potential for transport of bacteria by groundwater in fractured crystalline rock was assessed in a series of field-scale tracer tests. The breakthrough curves for injected Escherichla coll and “non-reactive” particle tracers were compared with those for conservative inorganic and radioactive tracers. Rapid transport, relative to the conservative tracers, of both bacteria and non-reactive particles was observed. The first appearance of both was with, or slightly before, the conservative tracers for water movement. Removal of the bacteria and particles by filtration processes occurred and was quantified through the calculation of filter factors. The filtration process in this fracture system is similar to that found in a gravel aquifer. From the results we can conclude that particulate contaminants can be very rapidly transported in fracture systems and that continuing sources of contamination could lead to relatively high local concentrations of particulate contaminants compared with the average at any given distance from the source. It was also concluded that the use of traditional conservative tracers, for water movement, to assess the potential for movement of particulate contaminants could lead to significant underestimates of exposure to particulate contaminants due to consumption of water from water recovery wells located in fractured media.

Aqueous Phase Diffusion in Crystalline Rock

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.H. Bradbury ◽  
D. Lever ◽  
D. Kinsey
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Aqueous Phase ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Crystalline Rock ◽  
Crystalline Rocks ◽  
Radionuclide Transport ◽  
Fracture Networks ◽  
Phase Diffusion ◽  
Main Factors

One of the options being considered for the disposal of radioactive waste is deep burial in crystalline rocks such as granite. It is generally recognised that in such rocks groundwater flows mainly through the fracture networks so that these will be the “highways” for the return of radionuclides to the biosphere. The main factors retarding the radionuclide transport have been considered to be the slow water movement in the fissures over the long distances involved together with sorption both in man-made barriers surrounding the waste, and onto rock surfaces and degradation products in the fissures.

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