Transport of anthropogenic uranium from sediments to surface waters during episodic storm events

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1129-1137

  Batson, Vicky L ^a,b   Bertsch, P M ^b   Herbert, B E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EXTRACTION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC URANIUM; EPISODIC STORM EVENTS; REMOBILIZATION;

URANIUM;

STORM WATER; URANIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SITING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 0030247018     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500050028x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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