Controls on spatial variability of uranium in sandstone aquifers

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-118

  Sherman, Heidi M ^a   Gierke, John S ^b   Anderson, Cecilia P ^c  

^a Ailana Surveying and Geomatics LLC   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAMMA RAYS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; URANIUM;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETER; HYDROGEOCHEMICAL FACTORS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL);

WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAMMA RAYS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; URANIUM; WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CRITICAL LOAD; DATING METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEACHING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; URANIUM;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

EID: 34248176786     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2007.00142.x     Document Type: Review

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