Effect of redox potential on fixation of 137cs in lake sediment

Health Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 781-789

  Pardue, J H ^a   Delaune, R D ^a   Patrick, W H ^a   Whitcomb, J H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

LAKE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SEDIMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0024470226     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-198911000-00012     Document Type: Article

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