Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, 20 Years: Two Decades of Research and Experimentation on Claystones for Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 Mont Terri rock laboratory, 20 years of research: introduction, site characteristics and overview of experiments  (Paul Bossart, Frédéric Bernier, Jens Birkholzer, Christophe Bruggeman, Peter Connolly, Sarah Dewonck et al.)....Pages 3-22
 Litho- and biostratigraphy of the Opalinus Clay and bounding formations in the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Bernhard Hostettler, Achim G. Reisdorf, David Jaeggi, Gaudenz Deplazes, Hansruedi Bläsi, Alain Morard et al.)....Pages 23-39
 Tectonic evolution around the Mont Terri rock laboratory, northwestern Swiss Jura: constraints from kinematic forward modelling  (Christophe Nussbaum, Armelle Kloppenburg, Typhaine Caër, Paul Bossart)....Pages 41-68
 Tectonic structure of the “Main Fault” in the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (David Jaeggi, Ben Laurich, Christophe Nussbaum, Kristof Schuster, Peter Connolly)....Pages 69-86
 Comparative study of methods to estimate hydraulic parameters in the hydraulically undisturbed Opalinus Clay (Switzerland)  (Catherine Yu, Jean-Michel Matray, Julio Gonçalvès, David Jaeggi, Werner Gräsle, Klaus Wieczorek et al.)....Pages 87-106
 Geochemical signature of paleofluids in microstructures from Main Fault in the Opalinus Clay of the Mont Terri rock laboratory, Switzerland  (Norbert Clauer, Isabelle Techer, Christophe Nussbaum, Ben Laurich)....Pages 107-130
 Pore-water evolution and solute-transport mechanisms in Opalinus Clay at Mont Terri and Mont Russelin (Canton Jura, Switzerland)  (Martin Mazurek, Antoine de Haller)....Pages 131-151
 Geomechanical behaviour of Opalinus Clay at multiple scales: results from Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Florian Amann, Katrin M. Wild, Simon Loew, Salina Yong, Reto Thoeny, Erik Frank)....Pages 153-173
 Hydro-mechanical evolution of the EDZ as transport path for radionuclides and gas: insights from the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Paul Marschall, Silvio Giger, Rémi De La Vassière, Hua Shao, Helen Leung, Christophe Nussbaum et al.)....Pages 175-196
 Coupled hydraulic-mechanical simulation of seasonally induced processes in the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Gesa Ziefle, Jean-Michel Matray, Jobst Maßmann, Andreas Möri)....Pages 197-214
 High-resolution mini-seismic methods applied in the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Kristof Schuster, Florian Amann, Salina Yong, Paul Bossart, Peter Connolly)....Pages 215-233
 Seismotectonic analysis around the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland): a pilot study  (Martinus Abednego, Patrick Blascheck, Senecio Schefer, Christophe Nussbaum, Manfred Joswig, Paul Bossart et al.)....Pages 235-253
 In-situ experiments on bentonite-based buffer and sealing materials at the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Klaus Wieczorek, Irina Gaus, Juan Carlos Mayor, Kristof Schuster, José-Luis García-Siñeriz, Toshihiro Sakaki)....Pages 255-270
 Performance of the Opalinus Clay under thermal loading: experimental results from Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Antonio Gens, Klaus Wieczorek, Irina Gaus, Benoit Garitte, Juan Carlos Mayor, Kristof Schuster et al.)....Pages 271-288
 Implementation of the full-scale emplacement (FE) experiment at the Mont Terri rock laboratory  (Herwig R. Müller, Benoit Garitte, Tobias Vogt, Sven Köhler, Toshihiro Sakaki, Hanspeter Weber et al.)....Pages 289-308
 5-year chemico-physical evolution of concrete–claystone interfaces, Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Urs Mäder, Andreas Jenni, Cathérine Lerouge, Stephane Gaboreau, Satoru Miyoshi, Yukinobu Kimura et al.)....Pages 309-329
 Corrosion of carbon steel in clay environments relevant to radioactive waste geological disposals, Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Sophia Necib, Nikitas Diomidis, Peter Keech, Masashi Nakayama)....Pages 331-344
 Fifteen years of microbiological investigation in Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Olivier X. Leupin, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Alexandre Bagnoud, Hugo Moors, Natalie Leys, Katinka Wouters et al.)....Pages 345-356
 Impact of the electron donor on in situ microbial nitrate reduction in Opalinus Clay: results from the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Nele Bleyen, Steven Smets, Joe Small, Hugo Moors, Natalie Leys, Achim Albrecht et al.)....Pages 357-376
 Natural gas extraction and artificial gas injection experiments in Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland)  (Agnès Vinsot, C. Anthony J. Appelo, Mélanie Lundy, Stefan Wechner, Cristelle Cailteau-Fischbach, Philippe de Donato et al.)....Pages 377-392
 Exploring diffusion and sorption processes at the Mont Terri rock laboratory (Switzerland): lessons learned from 20 years of field research  (Olivier X. Leupin, Luc R. Van Loon, Thomas Gimmi, Paul Wersin, Josep M. Soler)....Pages 393-405
 Twenty years of research at the Mont Terri rock laboratory: what we have learnt  (Paul Bossart)....Pages 407-413
Back Matter ....Pages 415-424