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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1239-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1239-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
Research article
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03 Nov 2026
Research article |  | 03 Nov 2026

From burial to barrier: how burial history controls the hydraulic conductivity in argillaceous formations

Raphael Burchartz, Brian Mutuma Mbui, Peter Achtziger-Zupančič, Garri Gaus, Timo Seemann, Lisa Winhausen, Yvonne Spychala, Mohammadreza Jalali, Ralf Littke, and Florian Amann

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We compile 782 hydraulic conductivity measurements from six European argillaceous formations relevant for high-level radioactive waste disposal. We show that maximum burial depth controls matrix-scale conductivity, while present-day depth, decompaction, fracturing, and self-sealing govern rock-mass behaviour, defining three depth-related evolutionary trends.
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