Modeling of depleted uranium transport in subsurface systems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 173-201

  Chen, J Paul ^a   Yiacoumi, Sotira ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Groundwater contamination; Sorption modeling; Surface complexation models; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SORPTION; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

IMMOBILIZATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; METAL ION; URANIUM;

FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0036791352     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020123006120     Document Type: Article

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