Self-cleaning in an estuarine area formerly affected by 226Ra anthropogenic enhancements

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 183-195

  Absi, A ^a   Villa, M ^a   Moreno, H P ^a   Manjon G ^a   Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estuarine environment; Phosphogypsum; Radium

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RIVERS; WASTES; WEATHERING;

DISSOLUTION PROCESS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM SULFATE; RADIUM 226;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POLLUTION POLICY; RADIUM ISOTOPE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; EVOLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; WEATHERING;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 3242729588     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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