The brine underlying the Oak Ridge reservation, Tennessee, USA: Characterization, genesis, and environmental implications

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 787-801

  Nativ, Ronit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HALITE; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

USA, TENNESSEE, OAK RIDGE RESERVATION;

EID: 0029767377     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00428-9     Document Type: Article

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