Behavior of radium, thorium and uranium in groundwater near the Buena Lagoon in the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Lauria, D C ^a   Almeida, R M R ^b   Sracek, O ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coastal aquifer; Groundwater; Natural radioactive isotopes; Rio de Janeiro; Water geochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; MONAZITE; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES; RADIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION SITES; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (LREE); RADIUM MOBILITY; SPECIATION;

GROUNDWATER;

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844251522     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1121-1     Document Type: Article

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