Nature of uranium contamination in the agricultural drainage water evaporation ponds of the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 459-467

  Duff, Martine C ^a   Amrhein, C ^b   Bradford, G ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Bioaccumulation; Carbonate alkalinity; Redox potential; Salinity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE WATER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; URANIUM;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; USA;

ALGAE; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 0030733169     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S96-083     Document Type: Article

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