Importance of atmospheric inputs and Fe-oxides in controlling soil uranium budgets and behavior along a Hawaiian chronosequence

Chemical Geology

Volumn 244, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 691-707

  Pett Ridge, Julie C ^a   Monastra, Valerie M ^a   Derry, Louis A ^a   Chadwick, Oliver A ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Hawaii; Mineral aerosol; Soil; Trace elements; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHRONOSEQUENCE; EXTRACTION METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; IRON OXIDE; PARENT MATERIAL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URANIUM;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548530637     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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