An investigation into technetium binding in sediments

Marine Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 149-162

  Keith Roach, Miranda J ^a,b   Morris, Katherine ^c   Dahlgaard, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxic; Denmark, Jutland, Mariager Fjord; Denmark, Sealand, Roskilde Fjord; Regional terms: UK, Cumbria, Esk Estuary; Sediment; Sequential extraction; Sink; Technetium; UK, Solway Firth, Needle's Eye

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECHNETIUM;

ENGLAND (CUMBRIA); SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038373775     PISSN: 03044203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4203(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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