Groundwater chemistry of the Okélobondo uraninite deposit area (Oklo, Gabon): Two-dimensional reactive transport modelling

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 115-137

  Salas, J ^a   Ayora, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater geochemistry; Manganese; Oklo; Radioactive waste disposal; Reactive transport modelling; Redox; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DISSOLUTION; FISSION REACTIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SANDSTONE; SPENT FUELS; STABILITY; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; IRON DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; MANGANITE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; NATURAL ANALOG; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; REDOX CONDITIONS; URANINITE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GABON; GEOCHEMISTRY; MODEL; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1242321332     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(03)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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