Conspectus The ability to predict the permeability of fine-grained soils, sediments, and
sedimentary rocks is a fundamental challenge in the geosciences with potentially …

Nanoporous media consist of homogeneous or heterogeneous porous material in which a
significant part of the pore size distribution lies in the nanometer range. Clayey rocks …

A recently completed deep drilling campaign, comprising 9 deep boreholes penetrating the
Mesozoic sedimentary sequence of northern Switzerland, yielded> 6 km of drillcore. One of …

This article summarizes long-term degradation mechanisms of cementitious materials in
contact with fresh and saline solutions based on a review of experimental observations in …

Human societies evolved alongside rivers, but how has the relationship between human
settlement locations and water resources evolved over time? We conducted a dynamic …

The Jurassic clay-rich sedimentary sequence in northern Switzerland was investigated in
the context of nuclear waste disposal. Tracer profiles across this sequence play an important …

Argillaceous rocks are currently being examined worldwide as potential host rocks for
repositories for radioactive waste and spent fuel due to their favourable characteristics such …

The analysis of tracer profiles of porewaters is a valuable tool to understand transport
processes in argillaceous rocks and to unravel the paleo-hydrogeology of a site. In this …

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely to be a critical technology to achieve large
reductions in global carbon emissions over the next century. Research on the subsurface …

Clay-rich media have been proposed as engineered barrier materials or host rocks for high
level radioactive waste repositories in several countries. Hence, a detailed understanding of …