Partitioning and availability of uranium and nickel in contaminated riparian sediments

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 885-898

  Sowder, Andrew G ^a   Bertsch, Paul M ^a   Morris, Pamela J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRON OXIDES; NICKEL; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC);

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; URANIUM; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; EXTRACTION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SAVANNA; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0037952632     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.8850     Document Type: Article

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