Soil migration, plant uptake and volatilisation of radio-selenium from a contaminated water table

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 506-514

  Ashworth, D J ^a   Shaw, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

75Se; 79Se; Radioactive waste disposal; Redox potential; Selenium speciation; Soil columns

Indexed keywords

REDOX POTENTIAL; SELENIUM SPECIATION; SOIL COLUMNS;

PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SELENIUM; SOILS; VAPORIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

SELENIUM; SELENIUM 79; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTAMINATED LAND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT; POLLUTANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ROOT SYSTEM; SELENIUM; SOIL DYNAMICS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSPHERE; GEOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SANDY LOAM; SOIL POLLUTANT; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LOLIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SELENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33749258777     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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