Retention of strontium, cesium, lead and uranium by bacterial iron oxides from a subterranean environment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1035-1042

  Ferris, F G ^a   Hallberg, R O ^b   Lyven B ^c   Pedersen, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL CONTENT; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; LEPTOTHRIX; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM; SWEDEN; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED LOAD; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDE; MINE; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

SWEDEN;

GALLIONELLA FERRUGINEA;

EID: 0034113592     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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