Changes in uranium speciation through a depth sequence of contaminated Hanford sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2517-2524

  Catalano, Jeffrey G ^a,c   McKinley, James P ^b   Zachara, John M ^b   Heald, Steve M ^b,c   Smith, Steven C ^b   Brown Jr , Gordon E ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GROUNDWATER PLUME; PONDS; SPECIATION; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; BASE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COPPER; COPPER DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; METATORBERNITE; SILICATE; SODIUM ALUMINATE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DEPTH DETERMINATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PH; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POND; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT; SOLID; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; URANIUM; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

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

EID: 33646038283     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0520969     Document Type: Article

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