Use of U-isotope disequilibrium to evaluate the weathering rate and fertilizer-derived uranium in São Paulo state, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 408-418

  Conceicao F T ^a   Bonotto, D M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Phosphate and anthropogenic influences; Uranium; Weathering rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FERTILIZERS; RIVERS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS;

ROCKS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; RIVER BASIN; URANIUM; WEATHERING RATE;

BRAZIL;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 17744408835     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-003-0775-4     Document Type: Article

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