The Use of Geochemical Speciation Modelling to Predict the Impact of Uranium to Freshwater Biota

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue , 1996, Pages 321-326

  Markich, Scott J ^a,b   Brown, Paul L ^a   Jeffree, Ross A ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Australian High Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Fulvic acid model; HARPHRQ; Speciation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001661711     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1996.74.special-issue.321     Document Type: Article

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