Distribution of uranium contamination in weathered fractured saprolite/shale and ground water

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1715-1730

  Phillips, D H ^a   Watson, D B ^b   Roh, Y ^c   Mehlhorn, T L ^b   Moon, J W ^b   Jardine, P M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHIC TRANSITION ZONES; URANIUM CONTAMINATION; WASTE DISPOSAL PONDS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; POROSITY; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTAMINATION;

GROUND WATER; IRON OXIDE; NITRIC ACID; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; POND; POROSITY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; TENNESSEE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33749412966     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0124     Document Type: Article

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