Enrichment of excess210Po in anoxic ponds

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4894-4899

  Kim, Guebuem ^a   Kim, Su Jin ^a   Harada, Koh ^b   Schultz, Michael K ^c   Burnett, William C ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PONDING; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ANOXIC JELLYFISH LAKES; ANOXIC PONDS; BOX MODELS; MANGANESE OXIDE;

POLONIUM;

IRON; MANGANESE; POLONIUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; POND;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; SEASON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT;

SCYPHOZOA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLONIUM; PRECIPITATION; SEASONS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 22044435253     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0482334     Document Type: Article

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