The importance of colloids and mires for the transport of uranium isotopes through the Kalix River watershed and Baltic Sea

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 4095-4113

  Porcelli, D ^a   Andersson, P S ^b   Wasserburg, G J ^a   Ingri, J ^c   Baskaran, M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COLLOID TRANSPORT; COLLOIDS; ESTUARY; MIRE; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; URANIUM; URANIUM ISOTOPES;

SWEDEN, KALIX RIVER;

EID: 0031414162     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00235-4     Document Type: Article

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