TY - JOUR
T1 - Trace water content of salt in Louisiana salt domes
AU - Knauth, L. Paul
AU - Kumar, Madhurendu B.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - The trace water content of salt in six Louisiana salt domes has been determined and has been found to be the lowest of any terrestrial rock type. The average water content of normal domal salt is on the order of 0.003 percent by weight, but anomalous zones within salt stocks can have more than ten times this amount. From the average value, the minimum amount of water in liters, W, available to collect around a radioactive waste repository is given as W = 0.28 r3, where r is the radius in meters of the sphere in which water may be thermally activated to migrate completely to the repository.
AB - The trace water content of salt in six Louisiana salt domes has been determined and has been found to be the lowest of any terrestrial rock type. The average water content of normal domal salt is on the order of 0.003 percent by weight, but anomalous zones within salt stocks can have more than ten times this amount. From the average value, the minimum amount of water in liters, W, available to collect around a radioactive waste repository is given as W = 0.28 r3, where r is the radius in meters of the sphere in which water may be thermally activated to migrate completely to the repository.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.213.4511.1005
DO - 10.1126/science.213.4511.1005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0019658568
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 213
SP - 1005
EP - 1007
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 4511
ER -