Importance of colloids in the transport within the dissolved phase (<450 nm) of artificial radionuclides from the Rhône river towards the Gulf of Lions (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-286

  Eyrolle, Frédérique ^a   Charmasson, Sabine ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial radionuclides; Colloids; Estuary; Mediterranean Sea; Rh ne river; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

NATURAL WATER SYSTEMS;

COLLOIDS;

ALUMINUM; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; RIVER WATER; RUTHENIUM 106;

COLLOID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER WATER; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACER;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 1242296808     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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