Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Uranium (VI) Transport under Variable Chemical Conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3539-3551

  Kohler, M ^a,b   Curtis, G P ^a   Kent, D B ^a   Davis, J A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; METALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE REACTIONS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUORIDE COMPLEXATION; REACTION STOICHIOMETRY; REACTIVE SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELS; SOLUTION COMPOSITION; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; SURFACE COMPLEXATION REACTIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BINDING SITES;

POROUS MEDIA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; URANIUM;

POROUS MEDIUM; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; URANIUM;

EID: 0030302434     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR02815     Document Type: Article

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