Dissolved Uranium and 234U/238U in the Yamuna and the Chambal rivers, India

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-101

  Rengarajan, R ^a   Sarin, M M ^a   Krishnaswami, S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

234U 238U disequilibrium; Dissolved uranium; Indian rivers; Uranium; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MIXING; MOBILITY; RIVER; STREAMWATER; TRIBUTARY; URANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING RATE;

ASIA; CHAMBAL RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

HANUMAN;

EID: 33646419522     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-005-1421-4     Document Type: Article

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