A six-phase model to simulate the contamination by non-conservative radionuclides of sediments, soils and plants in a marsh area. Application to the Odiel marsh in Southwest Spain

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-54

  Perianez R ^a   Martinez Aguirre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

DISPERSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; ESTUARY; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANT; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, HUELVA, ODIEL MARSH;

EID: 0030860873     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(96)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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