Leaching of depleted uranium in soil as determined by column experiments

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-191

  Schimmack, W ^a   Gerstmann, U ^a   Oeh, U ^a   Schultz, W ^a   Schramel, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROJECTILES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

LEACHING RATES; MUNITIONS; NATURAL URANIUM; SANDY-LOAMY CAMBISOL;

URANIUM;

URANIUM 238;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CALCULATION; EFFLUENT; EUROPE; LEACHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDY LOAM; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION; HALF-LIFE; KINETICS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WAR;

EID: 27944437332     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-005-0013-4     Document Type: Article

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