Microscale controls on the fate of contaminant uranium in the vadose zone, Hanford Site, Washington

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1873-1887

  McKinley, James P ^a   Zachara, John M ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^a   Heald, Steven C ^a   Prenitzer, Brenda I ^b   Kempshall, Brian W ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NanoSpective   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GEOCHEMISTRY; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33645844252     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.10.037     Document Type: Article

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