Isotopic studies of sources of uranium in sediments of the Ashtabula River, Ohio, U.S.A.

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 966-972

  Ketterer, Michael E ^a   Wetzel, William C ^b   Layman, Ricky R ^b   Matisoff, Gerald ^c   Bonniwell, Everett C ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; HAFNIUM; LEAD; NIOBIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; TANTALUM; THORIUM; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM);

RIVER POLLUTION;

URANIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034653912     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es981314d     Document Type: Article

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