The role of surface coatings on sediments in sediment:water partitioning of trace elements and radionuclides

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-64

  Ewais, Tarek A ^a   Grant, Alastair ^a   Abdel Fattah, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Co; Cs; Iron oxides; Partition coefficient; Zn

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COBALT; IRON OXIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034058289     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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