Accumulation of uranium derived from long-term fertilizer applications in a cultivated Andisol

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 924-931

  Takeda, Akira ^a,b   Tsukada, Hirofumi ^a   Takaku, Yuichi ^a   Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi ^a   Nanzyo, Masami ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andisol; Extraction methods; Fertilizer application; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ANDISOL; EXTRACTION METHODS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SURFACE SOIL;

CLAY MINERALS; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION; EXTRACTION; FERTILIZERS; NONCRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; SOILS;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

FERTILIZER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; URANIUM;

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANDISOL; CLAY MINERAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; URANIUM; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; JAPAN; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM;

EID: 33746237736     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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