TY - JOUR A1 - Hellmuth, K.-H. A1 - Klobes, Peter A1 - Meyer, Klaus A1 - Röhl-Kuhn, Barbara A1 - Siitari-Kauppi, M. A1 - Hartikainen, K. A1 - Hartikainen, J. A1 - Timonen, J. T1 - Matrix retardation studies: size and structure of the accessable pore space in fresh and altered crystalline rock JF - Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften N2 - For the assessment of the barrier function of the geosphere around a nuclear waste repository information about the nature of the accessible rock pore space and internal surfaces is needed. Intact samples of various types of fresh and altered crystalline rocks have been studied by means of mercury intrusion porosimetry and gas adsorption methods using various adsorbates. Furthermore, fluorescence microscopy and scanning electron microscopy was applied and the results were compared with those of impregnation with carbon-l4-polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Additional structural information was derived from hydraulic conductivity determinations using helium gas. The investigations were focussed on the reliability of these measurements of intact core samples, the influence of rock composition, structure and geological evolution on the microstructure of the matrices and the consequences regarding the retardation properties of the bedrock. PY - 1995 SN - 0303-4534 VL - 23 IS - 5/6 SP - 691 EP - 706 PB - Verl. für Geowissenschaften Wutzke CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-11979 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -