Uranium reduction in sediments under diffusion-limited transport of organic carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7077-7083

  Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a   Pena, Jasquelin ^b   Brodie, Eoin L ^a   Firestone, Mary K ^b   Hazen, Terry C ^a   Sutton, Steve R ^c   Lanzirotti, Antonio ^c   Newville, Matthew ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIFFUSION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; URANIUM;

BIOREDUCTION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; URANIUM REDUCTION;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; URANIUM; URANYL NITRATE;

COASTAL ZONE; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METAL BINDING; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM MINE; WATER SAMPLING;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBON; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPSIN; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANYL NITRATE;

EID: 25144504892     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050221a     Document Type: Article

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