Environmental availability of uranium in an acidic plume at the Savannah River Site

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-362

  Serkiz, S M ^a   Johnson, W H ^a,b   Johnson Wile, L M ^c   Clark, S B ^d  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; COASTAL AQUIFER; EXTRACTION METHOD; PARTITIONING; PLUME; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WEATHERING;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547886138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0072     Document Type: Article

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