Transport and deposition of plutonium-contaminated sediments by fluvial processes, Los Alamos Canyon, New Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1342-1355

  Graf, William L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DOWNSTREAM DISTANCES; GEOMORPHIC CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSPORT CAPACITY; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS;

RIVERS; RIVER POLLUTION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CANYON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLUENCE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PLUTONISM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REMOBILIZATION; ROUTING; CONTAMINATION; PLUTONIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; LOS ALAMOS; NEW MEXICO; PUEBLO; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES; LOS ALAMOS CANYON; USA;

EID: 0030428171     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1342:TADOPC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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