Factors controlling the groundwater transport of U, Th, Ra, and Rn

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-108

  Tricca, A ^a   Porcelli, D ^a   Wasserburg, G J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Isotopes; Pollutants; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0034127792     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02719153     Document Type: Article

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