Natural or fertilizer-derived uranium in irrigation drainage: A case study in southeastern Colorado, U.S.A.

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-21

  Zielinski, R A ^a   Asher Bolinder, S ^a   Meier, A L ^a   Johnson, C A ^a   Szabo, B J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; IRRIGATION DRAINAGE; STREAMWATER; URANIUM;

USA, COLORADO;

EID: 0030612943     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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