Geochemical effects on colloid-facilitated metal transport through zeolitized tuffs from the Nevada Test Site

Environmental Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 209-218

  Um, W ^a,b   Papelis, C ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid facilitated transport; Colloids; Nevada Test Site (NTS), Nevada, USA; Pb(II); Sorption; Zeolitized tuffs

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; ELECTROLYTES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IONIC STRENGTH; PH EFFECTS; SORPTION;

METAL TRANSPORT;

GEOLOGY;

COLLOID; HEAVY METAL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TUFF;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038521594     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0646-4     Document Type: Article

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