Salt marshes: An important coastal sink for dissolved uranium

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3879-3887

  Church, T M ^a   Sarin, M M ^a,b   Fleisher, M Q ^a,c   Ferdelman, T G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; URANIUM;

USA, DELAWARE, LEWES, CANARY CREEK;

EID: 0030513539     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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