A methodology for the assessment of rehabilitation success of post mining landscapes - Sediment and radionuclide transport at the former Nabarlek uranium mine, Northern Territory, Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 103-119

  Hancock, G R ^a   Grabham, M K ^a   Martin, P ^b,c   Evans, K G ^a,b   Bollhofer A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Erosion modelling; Minesite rehabilitation; Radionuclide transport; Rehabilitation assessment; Sediment transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

EROSION MODELING; MINESITE REHABILITATION; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT; REHABILITATION ASSESSMENT;

URANIUM MINES;

RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM;

RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; SEDIMENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URANIUM MINE; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MINING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PLANTS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIUM; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 29944439068     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.039     Document Type: Article

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