Uranium and thorium in weathering and pedogenetic profiles developed on granitic rocks from NW Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 192-206

  Taboada, Teresa ^a   Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^a   García, Carlota ^a   García Rodeja, Eduardo ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grain size fractionation; Granites; Pedogenesis; Thorium; Uranium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; THORIUM; WEATHERING;

GRAIN-SIZE FRACTIONATION; GRANITES; PEDOGENESIS;

URANIUM;

MINERAL; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GRAIN SIZE; GRANITE; PEDOGENESIS; THORIUM; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; GRANITE; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PEDOGENESIS (SOIL); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPAIN; WEATHERING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN; THORIUM; URANIUM; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 32644471362     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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