Confocal micrometer-scale X-ray fluorescence and X-ray absorption fine structure studies of uranium speciation in a tertiary sediment from a waste disposal natural analogue site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2049-2058

  Denecke, Melissa A ^a   Janssens, Koen ^b   Proost, Kristof ^b   Rothe, Jörg ^a   Noseck, Ulrich ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FLUORESCENCE; GROUNDWATER; MICROMETERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONFOCAL GEOMETRY; DIAGENESIS; TERTIARY SEDIMENTS; X-RAY ABSORPTION;

SEDIMENTS;

FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE; REDUCING AGENT; URANIUM;

SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGENESIS; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

ARSENICALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 16844370119     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048644k     Document Type: Article

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