ABSTRACT

LEAUMR6609CNRS,40avenueduRecteurPineau,86022Poitiers,France

Abstract.Thispaperdealswithstreamingcurrentgeneratedbywaterflowthrough4 geologicalporousmedia.Theseexperimentalmeasurementsandatheoreticalmodel allowtodeterminethespacechargedensityPwatthewallinthese4casesandto comparethesevaluestopreviousonesobtainedwithglasscapillariesandglass poroussamples.TheresultsshowthatPwiseffectivelytheintrinsicparameterofthe solid-liquidinterfacebecauseitisnotfunctionofthegeometryofthefluidflow pathsbutitonlydependsonthephysico-chemicalpropertiesofthesolidandthe liquid.