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Intragranular diffusion: an important mechanism influencing solute transport in clastic aquifers?

W W Wood, T F Kraemer, P P Hearn

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |March 30, 1990
    PubMed
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    Intragranular porosity in aquifer sand is greater than previously measured, revealing more reaction sites. This finding necessitates including diffusion expressions in transport models for radioactive and toxic waste simulation.

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