Radon (222Rn) in ground water of fractured rocks: A diffusion/ion exchange model

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 552-567

  Wood, Warren W ^a   Kraemer, Thomas F ^b   Shapiro, Allen ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FRACTURE; RADON; ROCKS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

ELEVATED ACTIVITY; FRACTURED ROCKS;

GROUNDWATER;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; RADON; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RADON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; POROSITY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIFFUSION; GEOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY; RADON; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 3042760862     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02624.x     Document Type: Article

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