Investigations for the release of Unat from ore bearing rock under natural near oxic conditions;Laboruntersuchungen zur Freisetzung von Unat aus einem Gestein unter oxischen naturnahen Bedingungen

Grundwasser

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Noubactep, Chicgoua ^a   Sonnefeld, Jürgen ^b   Sauter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRON HYDROXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; URANIUM;

EID: 17444401771     PISSN: 1430483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00767-005-0068-9     Document Type: Article

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