Modeling Uranium Transport in Koongarra, Australia: The Effect of a Moving Weathering Zone

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-29

  Leijnse, Anton ^a,b   Van De Weerd, Hendrika ^a,b   Hassanizadeh, S Majid ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alligator River; Natural analogue; Radionuclides; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041780807     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007554008927     Document Type: Article

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