Geomorphic control of radionuclide diffusion in desert soils

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pelletier, Jon D ^a   Harrington, Charles D ^b   Whitney, John W ^c   Cline, Michael ^a,b   DeLong, Stephen B ^a,b   Keating, Gordon ^b   Ebert, Teryn K ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION; CLAY; DIFFUSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DESERT SOILS; DIFFUSION MODEL; GEOMORPHIC SURFACE; PEDOTRANSFER-FUNCTION; POINT-BASED CALIBRATION DATA; RADIONUCLIDE-BOUND PARTICLES; SOIL-GEOMORPHIC MAPPING;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DESERT SOIL; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

EID: 31644445761     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024347     Document Type: Article

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