Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport parameters in diffusion-controlled porous media

Aurélie Chagneau; Francis Claret; Frieder Enzmann; Michael Kersten; Stephanie Heck; Benoît Madé; Thorsten Schäfer

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Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport parameters in diffusion-controlled porous media

Aurélie Chagneau Francis Claret Frieder Enzmann

Michael Kersten

Stephanie Heck Benoît Madé Thorsten Schäfer

Geochemical Transactions Vol. 16 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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MiTAC, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Cologne, D-50674, Germany, Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany, Geo-ForschungZentrum Potsdam, Division 4.1, Potsdam, Germany, ID22 ESRF, BP 220-F-38043, Grenoble Cedex, France, and Institute of Geosciences, University of Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

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Aurélie Chagneau, Francis Claret, Frieder Enzmann, et al. (2015). Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport parameters in diffusion-controlled porous media. Geochemical Transactions, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12932-015-0027-z

Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport parameters in diffusion-controlled porous media

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