Natural immobilization of uranium by phosphate mineralization in an oxidizing saprolite-soil profile: Chemical weathering of the Coles Hill uranium deposit, Virginia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-157

  Jerden, J L Jr ^a   Sinha, A K ^a   Zelazny, L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autunite; Coles Hill; Crandallite; Phosphate; Uranium; Uranyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHOSPHATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAPROLITE; SOIL PROFILE; URANIUM;

COLES HILL; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0037494962     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(03)00080-9     Document Type: Article

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