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    Jokes about little green men being created do not have to be taken seriously but it is clear that radiation can cause a special environment favouring changes in organic life forms.

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    The density is often expressed as “dry density” i.e. the ratio of the solid mineral content and the total volume including voids but with no water content.

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Pusch, R. (2008). Engineered Barriers and Their Interaction with Rock. In: Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77333-7_4

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