Trends of radionuclide sorption by estuarine sediments. Experimental studies using 133Ba as a tracer

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 319, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Barros, H ^a   Laissaoui, A ^b   Abril, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Ctr Natl l'Ener Sci T   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Estuarine sediments; Radionuclide uptake; Radiotracer experiment; Uptake model

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SORPTION;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; RADIONUCLIDE SORPTION;

SEDIMENTS;

BARIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; SEA WATER; TRACER;

DIFFUSION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RADIONUCLIDE; SORPTION; TRACER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSION; ESTUARY; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAIN; KINETICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1242316345     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00408-X     Document Type: Article

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