Partitioning of 127I and 129I in an unconfined glaciofluvial aquifer on the Canadian shield

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 469-478

  Alvarado Quiroz, Nicolás G ^a   Kotzer, Tom G ^a   Milton, Gwen M ^a   Clark, Ian D ^a   Bottomley, Dennis ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; KD; Organic materials; Radioiodine; Sediments; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; IODINE; IODINE 129; TRITIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SWAMP;

EID: 0036426621     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.2002.90.8_2002.469     Document Type: Article

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